The "Tao Te Ching" and "The Analects" are collections of philosophical aphorisms that express universal truths about life. They each tend to articulate a series of ideologies that diversify a reader's intellect through behavioral guidelines that are needed within a society. It was by these strict guidelines that the ancient masters, Confucius and Lao Tzu, organized themselves into chronic prosperity while existing in the harsh calamities that the real world provides. Early Taoists and Confucianists both believed that Tao was the force that controlled the universe. …
