Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 81

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 81:

The Sage does not take to hoarding,
he does not accumulate anything;
but gives it all to others.

The more they live for others,
The fuller is their own life.

The more they give,
The more abundance they have.
Having more, they give more.

Heaven does good to all...
The sage imitates it,
acting for the good of all...

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 80

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 80:

...Content with healthy food,
pleased with useful clothes,
Satisfied in snug homes...

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Verse 78:

Nothing under heaven is softer or more yielding that water.
Yet for attacking the hard, nothing can surpass it...

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Verse 77:

... The master can keep giving
because there is no end to his wealth.

He acts without expectation...

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Verse 76:

A man is born gentle and weak;
at his death he is hard and stiff.

Green plants are soft and pliable in life;
dry and brittle in death.

Stiffness and unbending is the companion of death;
Flexibility and gentleness the companion of life...

A tree that cannot bend,
will crack in the wind.

The hard and the stiff will be broken;
the soft and the supple will prevail.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 74

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 74:

If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing to hold on to.

If men are not afraid of dying,
to threaten death has no meaning.

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Verse 73:

Bold action against others leads to death.
Bold action in harmony with The Tao leads to life...

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Verse 72:

... the sage knows himself,
but makes no show of himself;
he has self-respect,
but does not exalt himself...

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 70

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 70:

...the sage dresses plainly.
though is heart is filled with precious gems.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 69

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 69:

...when two opponents meet,
the one without an enemy will surely triumph.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 68

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 68:

A good soldier is not violent.
A good fighter is not angry.
A good winner is not vengeful.
A good employer is humble
This is known as the virtue of not striving.
This is known as the ability to deal with people.
Since ancient times, this has been known as the ultimate unity with heaven.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 67

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 67:

...mercy...frugality...humility...

From mercy comes courage.
From frugality comes generosity.
From humility comes leadership.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 66

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 66:

... The sage stays low
So the world never tires of exalting him.

He remains a servant
So the world never tires of making him king.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 65

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 65:

The ancient wise ones were simple-hearted and blended with the common people...

The simplest pattern is the clearest.

Contentment with an ordinary life,
shows all people the way back to their own true nature.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 64

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 64:
Act before things exist;...
A tree that fills a man's embrace grows from a seedling.
A tower nine stories high starts with one brick.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tao De Ching Excerpt from Verse 63

Verse 63 Excerpt:
Practice nonaction.
Work without doing.
Taste the tasteless...

Reward bitterness with care.
See simplicity in the complicated...

Take on difficulties while they are still easy;
Do great things while they are small...

Because the sage always confronts difficulties,
He never experiences them.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 62:

If someone seems wicked,
Do not cast them away.
Awaken them with words;
Elevate them with deeds;
Repay injury with kindness;
Do not cast them away,
just cast away the wickedness.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 61:

A great county is like the lowland,
toward which all streams flow...

The feminine wins over the masculine with stillness ...

So if a great counter lowers itself before a small one,
it wins with friendship and trust.

If a small country lowers itself before a great one,
it will also win over that great country.

The one wins by stooping;
the other by remaining low.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 60:

... like frying a small fish,
you can spoil anything with too much poking ...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 59:

... serving nature ... thrift ... moderation...

Restraint begins with giving up one's own ideas ...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 58:

... The master is content to serve as an example ...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 57:

Take no action & people are reformed.
Enjoy peace & people become honest.
Do nothing & people become rich.
Keep from imposing on people & they become themselves.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 56

Those who know do not talk.
Those who talk do not know...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 55:

He who is in harmony with the Tao,
is like a new born child...

Bones are weak,
Muscles are soft,
yet is grip is firm.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 54:

Whoever is planted in the Tao,
will not be up rooted.

Whoever embraces the Tao,
will not slip away.

Generations honor generations endlessly ...

The Tao is everywhere;
It has become everything.
To truly see it,
See it as it is ...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 53:

If I have even just a little sense,
I should walk The Great Way,
and my only fear would be straying...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 52:

... Keep your mouth shut,
guard the senses,
and life is ever full...

Seeing the small is called clarity;
Keeping flexible is called strength...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 51:

The Way connect all living being to their source.
It springs into existence unconscious, perfect, free...

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 50:

Between bith and death
Three in ten are followers of life;
Three in ten are followers of death.
And those just passing from birth to death
also number three in ten.

Why is this so?
Because they grasp at life,
and cling to this impermanent world.

But there is one in ten,
They say,
So sure of life,
That tigers & wild beasts keep away.
Weapons can not harm him;
Rhinos have no place to gourde him;
Tigers claws have no place to pierce;
Soldiers have no place to thrust their spears.

Why is this so?
Because he dwells in that place,
Where death cannot enter.

Realize your essence,
And you will witness,
The end without end.

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Tao Te Ching Excerpt Verse 49:

The sage has no fixed mind;
He is aware of the needs of others.
Those who are good he treats with goodness.
Those who are bad he also treats with goodness,
Because the nature of his being is good.

He is kind to the kind.
He is also kind to the unkind.
Because the nature of his being is kindness.

He is faithful the the faithful;
He is also faithful to the unfaithful.

The sage lives in harmony with all below heaven.
He sees everything as his own self;
he loves everyone as his own child.
All people are drawn to him.
He is as a child.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 48

Learning consists of daily accumulating.
The practice of the Tao consists of daily diminishing;
decreasing and decreasing, until doing nothing.

When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.

True mastery is gained by letting
things go their own way...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 47

... the sage does not venture forth,
and yet knows,

does not look,
and yet names;

does not strive,
and yet attains completion.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 46

... Contentment alone is enough.
Indeed, the bliss of eternity can be found in our contentment.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 45

... Stillness and tranquility set things in order...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 44

... Love is the fruit of sacrifice.
Wealth is the fruit of generosity...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 43

... That without substance,
enters where there is no space...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 42

The Tao gave birth to one.
One gave birth to the two.
Two gave birth to three.
And three gave birth to the 10,000 things.

The 10,000 things carry yin and embrace yang;
they achieve harmony by combining these forces...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 41

...The Tao is hidden and nameless;
The Tao alone nourishes and brings everything to fulfillment.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 40

Returning is the motion of the Tao.
Yielding is the way of the Tao.
the 10,000 things are born of being.
Being is born of non-being.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 39

...Playing one's part
in accordance with the universe
is true humility...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 38

...the highest virtue is to act without a sense of self.
The highest kindness is to give without condition.
The highest justice is to see without preference...

...The great master follows his own nature...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse #37

The Tao does nothing,
but leaves nothing undone.

If powerful men could center themselves in it,
The whole world would be transformed by itself,
By its natural rhythms.

When life is simple,
pretenses fall away,
our essential nature shines through.

Without desire,
there is calm,
and the world straightens itself

When there is silence,
one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt, Verse 36

...The gentle outlasts the strong.
The obscure outlasts the obvious.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 35:

All men come to him that keeps to the one.
They flock to him... for in him they find peace, security, and happiness...

... When you look for it, there is nothing to see.
When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear.
When you use it, it cannot be exhausted.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 34:

The Great Way is universal...

All beings depend on it for live;
but still, it does not take possession of them.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 33:

... one who understands himself has wisdom...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 32:

The eternal Tao has no name.

... simple & subtle...

Rivers & streams are born of the ocean,
and all creation is born of the Tao;
Just as all water flows back to become the ocean,
all creation flows back to become the Tao.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 31:

... peace & quiet are dearest to the decent man's heart...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt verse 30:

(on Those attached to Violence)
They are not attuned to the Way.
Not being attuned to the Way,
their end comes very soon.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 29:

... Everything under heaven is a sacred vessel...

... Allow your life to unfold naturally...

... To the sage all of life is a movement toward perfection.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 28:

... To be the pattern of the world is to move constantly in the path of virtue without erring a single step...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 27:

A knower of the truth
travels without leaving a trace,
speaks without causing harm.
gives without keeping an account...

Be wise & help all beings impartially,
abandoning none.
Waste no opportunities.
This is called following the light...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 26:

... the successful person is poised & centered...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 25:

There was something formless & perfect
before the universe was born.
It is serene.
Empty.
Solitary.
Unchanging.
Infinite, Eternally present.
It is the mother of the universe...

I call it the Tao.
I call it great.
Great is boundless;
boundless is eternally flowing;
ever flowing, it is constantly returning.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse #24

If you stand on tiptoe, you cannot stand firmly.
If you take long steps, you cannot walk far...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse: 23

... Conform to the Way,
Its power flows through you.
Your actions become those of nature,
your ways those of heaven...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 22:

The flexible are preserved unbroken...
the empty filled...

... The sage embraces the one...

If you have truly attained wholeness,
everything will flock to you.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 21:

The greatest virtue is to follow the Tao
and the Tao alone...

... The spirit, the essence,
the life breath of all things.

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 20:

...accept what is offered...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 19:

... see the simplicity...
realize one's true nature...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 18:

When the greatness of the Tao is present,
action arises from one's own heart...

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Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 17:

The great leader speaks little.
He never speaks carelessly.
He works without self-interest
and leaves no trace.
When all is finished, the people say,
"We did it ourselves."

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 16:

... Let your heart be at peace...

observe how endings become beginnings...

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 15:

... The muddiest water clears as it stills;
and out of that stillness, life arises.

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Tao De Ching Excerpts Verse 14:

... Discovering how things have always been brings one into harmony with the way.

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 13

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...Man's true self is eternal...

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Tao De Ching excerpt, Verse 12:

... The Master observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.

He allows things to come & go.

He prefers what is within to what is without.

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Tao De Ching excerpt, Verse 11:

Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub;
but it is on the hole in the center that
the cart depends.

Shape clay into a vessel;
it is the space within that makes it useful...

The usefulness of what is,
depends on what is not.

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Tao De Ching excerpt Verse 10:

... let your body become as supple as a new born child's...

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Tao De Ching excerpts Verse 9:

...Retire when the work is done...

Tao De Ching excerpt Verse 8

Tao De Ching Excerpt Verse 8:

The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.

It flows to low places loathed by all men...

Live in accordance with the nature of things...
In dealing with others, be gentle & kind.

Stand by your word...

One who lives in accordance with nature,
who does not go against the way of the things,
He moves in harmony with the present moment,
always knowing he truth of just what to do.

Tao De Ching excerpt Verse 7

... The sage puts himself last
and so ends up being first...

Serve the needs of others,
and all your own needs will be filled.

Through selfless action,
fulfillment is attained.