Tao Te Ching

“He who knows the males, yet cleaves to what is female Because like a ravine, receiving all things under heaven,” […]

Those that would gain what is under heaven by tampering with it – I have seen that they do not

He who by Tao purposes to help a ruler of men Will oppose all conquest by force of arms; For

Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things. (People despise them, therefore, Those in possession of the Tao do not

Tao is eternal, but has no fame (name); The Uncarved Block, though seemingly of small account, Is greater than anything

To understand others is to have knowledge; To understand oneself is to be illumined. To conquer others needs strength; To

Great Tao is like a boat that drifts; It can go this way; it can go that. The ten thousand

He who holding the Great From goes about his work in the empire Can go about his, yet do no

What is in the end to be shrunk Must first be stretched. Whatever is to be weakened Must begin by