User:Technopat

"But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others. With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour." – The Tao-te Ching by Lao-tzu. Chapter 67.
Translated by James Legge.[1]
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Half the harm that is done in this world
Is due to people who want to feel important.
T. S. Eliot [2]


I'm the "only" Technopat. If you are here because my username resembles that of any of the other Techno... names used here at Wikipedia, click "show" → (If not, please read on...)


In particular, you may be looking for Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Technoquat... Who has actually attacked my user page and I got some help in dealing with it.


  1. ^ "The Tao-te Ching" The Internet Classics Archive. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ Manning, George and Kent Curtis (2003) The Art of Leadership, p. 126. McGraw-Hill International At Google Books. Retrieved 4 September 2013.