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Tao of the Day

Your Daily Dose of Taoism

 

Chapter Sixty-Three

Act without intention

Stop labouring

Just enjoy life

One who doesn’t honour something small

Isn’t worthy of something big

No more eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth

Turn to them your other cheek

Discover that what seems complicated is in fact very simple

See the grandeur in what seems insignificant

Don’t turn simplicity into complexity

Living purely is simple

But people have made it complicated

So one who’s wise will never make trouble

And therefore he can move mountains

One who promises a lot is hardly ever trustworthy

One with a lot of blinkers on will bring to pass lots of troubles

But one who is wise looks before he leaps

Therefore he won’t start at all

And because of that he knows no trouble

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Tao of the Day is a site for all things related to the Tao (also spelled Dao). We'll cover the entire Tao Te Ching several times each year, with one chapter being the center of attention each day. You can always comment on past days, but let's try to keep it flowing as the days progress.

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