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Chapters 61-81
CHAPTER 61:
Humility means trusting the Tao, thus never needing to be defensive.
CHAPTER 62:
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure,
the bad man's refuge.
CHAPTER 63:
Act without doing; work without effort.
Think of the small as large and the few as many.
Confront the difficult while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.
CHAPTER 64:
Prevent trouble before it arises. Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath your feet.
CHAPTER 65:
Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way
back to their own true nature.
CHAPTER 66:
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are.
Humility gives it its power.
CHAPTER 67:
Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
CHAPTER 68:
The best athlete wants his opponent at his best.
The best general enters the mind of his enemy.
The best businessman serves the communal good.
The best leader follows the will of the people.
CHAPTER 69:
When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go
to the one that knows how to yield.
CHAPTER 70:
My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning?
If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
CHAPTER 71:
Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease.
CHAPTER 72:
He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.
CHAPTER 73:
The Tao is always at ease.
It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan.
CHAPTER 74:
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve.
CHAPTER 75:
Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.
CHAPTER 76:
Whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life.
The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
CHAPTER 77:
As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow.
The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up.
It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.
It takes from what is too much and give to what isn't enough.
CHAPTER 78:
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.
True words seem paradoxical.
CHAPTER 79:
Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else,
there is no end to the blame.
CHAPTER 80:
If a country is governed wisely, its inhabitants will be content.
CHAPTER 81:
True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true.
Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.
The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
*All summaries were taken from the translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell. All chapters were summarized to give a simple moral and understanding of the chapters. I would suggest reading the entire book for yourself for a true understanding of the Tao.
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