Exalt not excellence and people will not contend. Prize not possessions and people will not steal. Display not the desirable and people will not be disturbed. Thus the Sage rules By emptying hearts and filling stomachs; Weakening ambitions and toughening… Prize Not Possessions
When all under Heaven see beauty as beauty; There is the knowledge of ugliness. When all see good as good. There is the knowledge of evil. Thus Being and Non-Being engender each other; Ease and difficulty complement one another; Long… The Dance of Opposites
The way that can be told is not the eternal Way.The word that can be spoken is not the eternal Word.Unnamed, It is the source of heaven and earth.Named, It is the Mother of all things.He who is ever without… Compliment of Opposites
Know the strength of man, But keep a woman’s care! Be the stream of the universe! Being the stream of the universe, Ever true and unswerving, Become as a little child once more. Know honour, Yet keep humility. Be the… The Uncarved Block
