Tao Te Ching

Ruling the country is like cooking a small fish. Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not …

In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint. Restraint depends on giving up one’s own ideas. This depends on Virtue …

When the country is ruled with a light hand The people are simple. When the country is ruled with severity, The people are cunning. Happiness …

Rule a nation with justice. Wage war with surprise moves. Become master of the universe without striving. How do I know that this is so? …

He who is filled with Virtue is like a newborn child. Wasps and serpents will not sting him; Wild beasts will not pounce upon him; …

What is firmly established cannot be uprooted. What is firmly grasped cannot slip away. It will be honoured from generation to generation. Cultivate Virtue in …

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. …

The beginning of the universe Is the mother of all things. Knowing the mother, one also knows the sons. Knowing the sons, yet remaining in …

All things arise from Tao. They are nourished by Virtue. They are formed by matter. They are shaped by environment. Thus the ten thousand things …

Between birth and death, Three in ten are following life, Three in ten are following death, And men just passing from birth to death also …