Tao Te Ching

Tao never does; Yet through it all things are done. If the barons and kings would but possess themselves of […]

The man of highest “power” does not reveal himself as a possessor of “power”; Therefore he keeps his “power”. The

As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole — The sky through such understanding remains limpid,

In Tao the only motion is returning; The only useful quality, weakness. For though all creatures under heaven are the

When the man of highest capacities hears Tao He does his best to put it into practice. When the man

Tao gave birth to the One; The One gave birth successively to two things, Three things, up to ten thousand.

What is of all things most yielding Can overwhelm that which is of all things most hard. Being substanceless it

Fame or one’s own self, which matters to one most? One’s own self or things bought, which should count most?

What is most perfect seems to have something missing; Yet its use is unimpaired. What is most full seems empty;