[display_podcast] Chapter Fifty-Eight The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people best supplies; That which is meddling, touching everything, Will work but ill, and disappointment bring. Misery!–happiness is to be found by its side!¬† Happiness!‚Äîmisery lurks beneath it!¬† Who knows what either will come to in the end? Shall we then [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Fifty-Seven A state may be ruled by measures of correction; weapons of war may be used with crafty dexterity; but the kingdom is made one’s own only by freedom from action and purpose. How do I know that it is so?¬† By these facts:–In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the [...]
[display_podcast]  Chapter Fifty-Six He who knows the Tao does not care to speak about it; he who is ever ready to speak about it does not know it. He who knows it will keep his mouth shut and close the portals of his nostrils.  He will blunt his sharp points and unravel the complications of [...]
[display_podcast] ¬†Chapter Fifty-Five He who has in himself abundantly the attributes of the Tao is like an infant.¬† Poisonous insects will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize him; birds of prey will not strike him. The infant’s bones are weak and its sinews soft, but yet its grasp is firm.¬† It knows not [...]
[display_podcast] ¬†Chapter Fifty-Four What Tao’s skilful planter plants Can never be uptorn; What his skilful arms enfold, From him can ne’er be borne. Sons shall bring in lengthening line, Sacrifices to his shrine. Tao when nursed within one’s self, His vigor will make true; And where the family it rules What riches will accrue! The [...]
[display_podcast] Chapter Fifty-Three If I were suddenly to become known, and put into a position to conduct a government according to the Great Tao, what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display. The great Tao or way is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways. Their court-yards and buildings [...]
