Tao of the Day

Chapter Seventy
My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practice them.
There is an originating and all-comprehending principle in my words, and an authoritative law for the things which I enforce.  It is because they do [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

 Chapter Sixty-Nine
A master of the art of war has said, ‘I do not dare to be the host to commence the war; I prefer to be the guest to act on the defensive.  I do not dare to advance an inch; I prefer to retire a foot.’  This is called marshalling the ranks where there [...]

August 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

Chapter Sixty-Eight
He who in Tao’s wars has skill
Assumes no martial port;
He who fights with most good will
To rage makes no resort.
He who vanquishes yet still
Keeps from his foes apart;
He whose bests men most fulfill
Yet humbly plies his art.
Thus we say, ‘He ne’er contends,
And therein is his might.’
Thus we say, ‘Men’s wills he bends,
That they with [...]

August 27th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

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Chapter Sixty-Seven
All the world says that, while my Tao is great, it yet appears to be inferior to other systems of teaching.   Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior.  If it were like any other system, for long would its smallness have been known!
But I have three precious things [...]

August 26th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment