Well-written (sounds native)?

Just a few edits.


Success is as dangerous as failure,
and we are often our own worst enemy.
What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure?
He who is superior is also someone's subordinate.
Receiving favor and losing it both cause alarm.
That is what is meant by success is as dangerous as failure.
What does it mean that we are often our own worst enemy?
The reason I have an enemy is because I have "self".
If I no longer had a "self", I would no longer have an enemy.
Love the whole world as if it were yourself;
then you will truly care for all things.

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I am not sure I agree with the writer's ideas of what each of the phrases means. Success can sometimes bring on as many new burdens as failure, sometimes even more. We are sometimes our own worst enemy because we fail to heed what our conscience is telling us is the right thing to do or we act impulsively, without thinking. Many times, impulsive actions are self-destructive.

I'm sorry I don't have more time to write about this now.

Joe(Perhaps more later)Nation

That is the view of Taoism, presented more than two thousand years ago. No wonder it put an uncertain air in its words.