Tao Te Ching
46. Avarice and Contentment
When there is Tao in the empire The galloping steeds are turned back to fertilize the ground by their droppings....
47. Know Without Stepping Out
Without leaving his door He knows everything under heaven. Without looking out of his window He knows all the ways...
48. Learning and the Way
Learning consists in adding to one's stock day by day; The practice of Tao consists in “subtracting day by day,...
49. The Sage’s Mind
The Sage has no heart of his own; He uses the heart of the people as his heart. Of the...
50. Life and Death
He who aims at life achieves death. If the “companions of life” are thirteen, So likewise are the “companions of...
51. The Virtue of the Way
Tao gave them birth; The “power” of Tao reared them, Shaped them according to their kinds, Perfected them, giving to...
52. The Origin
That which was the beginning of all things under heaven We may speak of as the “mother” of all things....
53. The Great Way is Smooth
He who has the least scrap of sense, Once he has got started on the great highway has nothing to...
54. Good Foundations
What Tao plants cannot be plucked, What Tao clasps, cannot slip. By its virtue alone can one generation after another...