Tao Te Ching #72: “Don’t repress how people live”
When the people are not awed by authority, then great authority is attained. Their homes are not small to them, … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #72: “Don’t repress how people live”
Tao Te Ching #71: “To presume to know what you don’t is sick”
To know unconsciously is best. To presume to know what you don’t is sick. Only by recognizing the sickness of … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #71: “To presume to know what you don’t is sick”
Tao Te Ching #70: “And so we remain unknown”
My sayings are very easy to recognize, and very easy to apply. But no one in the world can recognize … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #70: “And so we remain unknown”
Tao Te Ching #69: “No fate is worse than to have no enemy”
There are sayings on the use of arms: “Let us not be aggressors, but defend.” “Let us not advance an … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #69: “No fate is worse than to have no enemy”
Tao Te Ching #68 “This is the virtue of nonaggression”
Good warriors do not arm, good fighters don’t get mad, good winners don’t contend, good employers serve their workers. This … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #68 “This is the virtue of nonaggression”
Tao Te Ching #67: “What Heaven creates let compassion protect”
Everyone in the world says my Way is great, but it seems incomparable. It is just because it is great … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #67: “What Heaven creates let compassion protect”
Tao Te Ching #66: Because they do not contend, no one in the world can contend with them”
The reason why rivers and seas can be lords of the hundred valleys is that they lower themselves to them … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #66: Because they do not contend, no one in the world can contend with them”
Tao Te Ching #65: “The ancient masters of the Way tried not to enlighten but to keep people in the dark”
In ancient times, good practitioners of the Way did not use it to enlighten the people, but to make them … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #65: “The ancient masters of the Way tried not to enlighten but to keep people in the dark”
Tao Te Ching #64: “The most massive tree grows from a sprout, the highest building rises from a pile of earth, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step”
What is at rest is easy to hold. What has not shown up is easy to take into account. What … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #64: “The most massive tree grows from a sprout, the highest building rises from a pile of earth, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step”
Tao Te Ching #63: “Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue”
Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #63: “Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue”
Tao Te Ching #62: “advancing calmly on this Way”
The Way is the pivot of all things: the treasure of good people, the safeguard of those who are not … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #62: “advancing calmly on this Way”
Tao Te Ching #61: “A great nation wants no more than to include and nurture people”
A great nation flows downward into intercourse with the world. The female of the world always prevails over the male … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #61: “A great nation wants no more than to include and nurture people”
Tao Te Ching #60: “Governing a large nation is like cooking little fish”
Governing a large nation is like cooking little fish. When the world is ruled by the Way, the ghosts are … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #60: “Governing a large nation is like cooking little fish”
Tao Te Ching #59: “The Way of extended life and sustained reflection”
To govern the human and serve the divine, nothing compares to frugality. Only frugality brings early recovery; early recovery means … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #59: “The Way of extended life and sustained reflection”
Tao Te Ching #58: “happiness rests in misery, misery hides in happiness”
When the government is unobtrusive, the people are pure. When the government is invasive, the people are wanting. Calamity is … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #58: “happiness rests in misery, misery hides in happiness”
Tao Te Ching #57: “the people simplify themselves”
Use straightforwardness for civil government, use surprise for military operations; use noninvolvement to take the world. How do I know … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #57: “the people simplify themselves”
Tao Te Ching #56: “Those who know do not say, those who say do not know”
Those who know do not say; those who say do not know. Close the senses, shut the doors; blunt the … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #56: “Those who know do not say, those who say do not know”
Tao Te Ching #55: “Knowing how to be balanced we endure, knowing how to endure we become wise”
The richness of subliminal virtue is comparable to an infant: poisonous creatures do not sting it, wild beasts do not … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #55: “Knowing how to be balanced we endure, knowing how to endure we become wise”
Tao Te Ching #54: “What you plant well can’t be uprooted, what you hold well can’t be taken away”
Good construction does not fall down, a good embrace does not let go; their heirs honor them unceasingly. Cultivate it … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #54: “What you plant well can’t be uprooted, what you hold well can’t be taken away”
Tao Te Ching #53: “The Great Way is quite even, yet people prefer byways”
Causing one flashes of knowledge to travel the Great Way, only its application demands care. The Great Way is quite … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #53: “The Great Way is quite even, yet people prefer byways”
Tao Te Ching #52: “Once you’ve found the mother, thereby you know the child”
The world has a beginning that is the mother of the world. Once you’ve found the mother, thereby you know … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #52: “Once you’ve found the mother, thereby you know the child”
Tao Te Ching #51: “this is called Dark Virtue”
The Way gives birth, virtue nurtures, things form, momentum completes. Therefore all beings honor the Way and value its Virtue. … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #51: “this is called Dark Virtue”
Tao Te Ching #50: “for them there’s no land of death”
Exiting life, we enter death. The followers of life are three out of ten; in the lives of the people, … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #50: “for them there’s no land of death”
Tao Te Ching #49: “Sages have no fixed mind, they make the minds of the people their mind”
Sages have no fixed mind; they make the minds of the people their mind: they improve the good, and also … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #49: “Sages have no fixed mind, they make the minds of the people their mind”
Tao Te Ching #48: “To pursue learning, learn more day by day, to pursue the Way, unlearn it day by day”
For learning you gain daily; for the Way you lose daily. Losing and losing, thus you reach noncontrivance; be uncontrived, … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #48: “To pursue learning, learn more day by day, to pursue the Way, unlearn it day by day”
Tao Te Ching #47: “Without going out your door you can know the whole world”
They know the world without even going out the door. They see the sky and its pattern without even looking … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #47: “Without going out your door you can know the whole world”
Tao Te Ching #46: “No crime is greater than approving of greed”
When the world has the Way, running horses are retired to till the fields. When the world lacks the Way, … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #46: “No crime is greater than approving of greed”
Tao Te Ching #45: “Clear stillness is right for the world”
Great completeness seems incomplete; its use is never exhausted. Great fullness seems empty; its use is never ended. Great directness … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #45: “Clear stillness is right for the world”
Tao Te Ching #44: “Extreme fondness means great expense, and abundant possessions mean much loss”
Which is closer, your name or your body? Which is more, your body or your possessions? Which is more destructive, … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #44: “Extreme fondness means great expense, and abundant possessions mean much loss”
Tao Te Ching #43: “In this world below the sky the gentle will outdo the strong”
What is softest in the world drives what is hardest in the world. Nonbeing enters where there is no room; … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #43: “In this world below the sky the gentle will outdo the strong”
Tao Te Ching #42: “Those who take less shall have more, Those given more shall have less”
The Way produces one; one produces two, two produces three, three produces all beings: all beings bear yin and embrace … Continue Reading Tao Te Ching #42: “Those who take less shall have more, Those given more shall have less”
