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Chapter Sixty-Four
That which is at rest is easily kept hold of; before a thing has given indications of its presence, it is easy to take measures against it; that which is brittle is easily broken; that which is very small is easily dispersed.  Action should be taken before a thing has made its appearance; order [...]
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Chapter Sixty-Three
It is the way of the Tao to act without thinking of acting; to conduct affairs without feeling the trouble of them; to taste without discerning any flavor; to consider what is small as great, and a few as many; and to recompense injury with kindness.
The master of it anticipates things that are difficult [...]
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Chapter Sixty-Two
Tao has of all things the most honored place.
No treasures give good men so rich a grace;
Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface.
Its admirable words can purchase honor; its admirable deeds can raise their performer above others.  Even men who are not good are not abandoned by it.
Therefore when the sovereign occupies [...]
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Chapter Sixty-One
What makes a great state is its being like a low-lying, down-flowing stream;–it becomes the centre to which tend all the small states under heaven.
To illustrate from the case of all females:–the female always overcomes the male by her stillness.¬† Stillness may be considered a sort of abasement.
Thus it is that a great state, [...]
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Chapter Sixty
Governing a great state is like cooking small fish.
Let the kingdom be governed according to the Tao, and the manes of the departed will not manifest their spiritual energy.  It is not that those manes have not that spiritual energy, but it will not be employed to hurt men.  It is not that it [...]
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Chapter Fifty-Nine
For regulating the human in our constitution and rendering the proper service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation.
It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return to man’s normal state.¬† That early return is what I call the repeated accumulation of the attributes of the Tao.¬† With that [...]
