May 2025

Chapter 57: Living Without Authoritarianism “Rule a nation with justice.Wage war with surprise tactics.But master the world by letting things take their course.How do I know this is true?By looking inside…

Chapter 56: Living by Silent Knowing “Those who know do not talk.Those who talk do not know.Close your mouth.Block off your senses.Blunt your sharpness.Untie your knots.Soften your glare.Settle your dust.This is…

Chapter 55: Living by Letting Go “One who is filled with the Taois like a newborn child.Wasps and serpents will not sting it,wild beasts will not pounce upon it,birds of prey…

Chapter 54: Living as If Your Life Makes a Difference “What is well planted cannot be uprooted.What is well embraced cannot slip away.Your descendants will carry on the ancestral sacrifice.Cultivate virtue…

Chapter 53: Living Honorably “If I have even just a little sense,I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be straying from it.The main road is easy,yet…

Chapter 52: Living by Returning to the Mother “The world has a beginningThat beginning is the Mother of the world.Knowing the mother, you can know her children.Knowing the children, yet remaining…

Chapter 51: Living by Hidden Virtue Tao gives life to all things,Virtue nourishes them,Matter shapes them,Environment perfects them.That is why all things respect the Tao and honour Virtue.Respect for the Tao…

Chapter 50: Living as an Immortal “Between birth and death,three in ten are followers of life,three in ten are followers of death,and men just passing from birth to deathalso number three…

Chapter 49: Living Beyond Judgment “The Sage has no fixed mind.He is aware of the needs of others. Those who are good, he treats with goodness.Those who are not good, he…