A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/Verse Thirty
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Five The one who uses the Tao to advise the ruler Does not dominate the world with soldiers Such methods tend to be returned The place where the troops camp Thistles and thorns grow Following the great army There must be an inauspicious year A [...]
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Forty-Five
Great perfection seems flawed Its function is without failure Great fullness seems empty Its function is without exhaustion Great straightness seems bent Great skill seems unrefined Great eloquence seems inarticulate Movement overcomes cold Stillness overcomes heat Clear quietness is the standard of the world [...]
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Forty
The returning is the movement of the Tao The weak is the utilization of the Tao The myriad things of the world are born of being Being is born of non-being [...]
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Thirty-Five
Hold the great image All under heaven will come They come without harm, in harmonious peace Music and food, passing travelers stop The Tao that is spoken out of the mouth Is bland and without flavor Look at it, it cannot be seen Listen to it, it cannot be heard [...]
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Thirty-Four
The great Tao is like a flood It can flow to the left or to the right The myriad things depend on it for life, but it never stops It achieves its work, but does not take credit It clothes and feeds myriad things, but does not rule over them [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Thirty
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Thirty The one who uses the Tao to advise the ruler Does not dominate the world with soldiers Such methods tend to be returned The place where the troops camp Thistles and thorns grow Following the great army There must be an inauspicious year A [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Nine
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Nine Those who wish to take the world and control itI see that they cannot succeedThe world is a sacred instrumentOne cannot control itThe one who controls it will failThe one who grasps it will lose Because all things:Either lead or followEither blow hot or [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Eight
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Eight Know the masculine, hold to the feminine Be the watercourse of the world Being the watercourse of the world The eternal virtue does not depart Return to the state of the infant Know the white, hold to the black Be the [...]
