Making This Life Significant, #1
Chapter 63, Dao De Jing
“Do things noncoercively (wuwei),
Be non-interfering in going about your business (wushi),
And savor the flavor of the unadulterated in what you eat.
Treat the small as great
and the few as many.
Requite enmity with character (de).
Take account of the difficult while it is still easy,
And deal with the large white it is still tiny.
The most difficult things in the world originate with the easy,
An the largest issues originate with the tiny.
Thus, it is because the sages never try to do great things
That they are indeed able to be great.
One who makes promises lightly is sure to have little credibility;
One who finds everything easy is certain to have lots of difficulties.
Thus, it is because even the sages pay careful attention to such things
That they are always free of difficulties.”
Chapter 63, Daodejing
Translation by Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall
Daodejing “Making Life Significant”: A Philosophical Translation (2003), p. 175.
Audio Recording of Chapter 63 of the Tao Te Ching by Mike Garofalo
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Tao Te Ching, Chapter 63 Compiled with Notes by Mike Garofalo
Green Way Wisdom: Classics: Ancient Wisdom for Making This Life Significant