Fifty-First Chapter
Tao-te Ching
Tao produces the ten thousand things.
Te (Virtue) fosters them.
Circumstances and tendencies complete them.
Therefore the ten thousand things esteem Tao and honor te.
Tao and te are free, spontaneous, perfect.
Therefore all honor the way of Tao and value its te.
Because the Tao gives them life,
Te nourishes and nurtures them,
Rears, protects and shelters them.
The Tao produces [...]
Fiftieth Chapter
Tao-te Ching
Man comes in to life and goes out to death.
Three out of ten are companions of life.
Three out of ten are companions of death.
And three out of ten in their lives lead from activity to death.
And for what reason?
Because of man’s intensive striving after life.
I have heard that one who is a good [...]
Forty-Ninth Chapter
Tao-te Ching
The sage has no fixed mind.
He regards people’s needs as his own.
Those who are good he treats with goodness.
Those who are bad he also treats with goodness.
Those who are kind he treats with kindness,
And he is also kind to those who are unkind.
The sage lives in harmony with all.
He sees everything as his [...]