[display_podcast] Chapter Forty The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao’s mighty deeds. All things under heaven sprang from It as existing and named; that existence sprang from It as non-existent and not named.
[display_podcast] Chapter Thirty-Nine The things which from of old have got the Tao are– Heaven which by it is bright and pure; Earth rendered thereby firm and sure; Spirits with powers by it supplied; Valleys kept full throughout their void All creatures which through it do live Princes and kings who from it get The [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Thirty-Eight Those who possessed in highest degree the attributes of the Tao did not seek to show them, and therefore they possessed them in fullest measure. Those who possessed in a lower degree those attributes sought how not to lose them, and therefore they did not possess them in fullest measure. Those who [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Thirty-Seven The Tao in its regular course does nothing for the sake of doing it, and so there is nothing which it does not do. If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them. If this transformation became to me an object of desire, [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Thirty-Six When one is about to take an inspiration, he is sure to make a previous expiration; when he is going to weaken another, he will first strengthen him; when he is going to overthrow another, he will first have raised him up; when he is going to despoil another, he will first [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Thirty-Five To him who holds in his hands the Great Image of the invisible Tao, the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no hurt, but find rest, peace, and the feeling of ease. Music and dainties will make the passing guest stop for a time. But though the Tao as [...]
