Forty-Fourth Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
Which do you love more, fame or your life?
Which is more valuable to you, wealth or your life?
What you gain is more trouble than what you lose.
Love is the fruit of sacrifice.
Wealth is the fruit of generosity.
He who is contented is never disappointed.
He who knows when to stop is free from [...]
Forty-Third Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
That without substance (non-being) penetrates that where there is no space.
Hence I know the value of non-action.
Performing without actions–
Teaching without words—
This is the way of the sage.
Few in the world can understand it.
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As I Understand It:
Water penetrates surfaces where there’s no [...]
Forty-Second Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
The Tao produced the one.
The one produced the two.
The two produced the three.
And the three produced the 10,000 things.
The 10,000 things carry the yin and embrace the yang,
They achieve harmony by blending the material forces.
People hate to be children without parents,
lonely people without partners,
or men without food.
Yet this is the way kings and [...]