Tao Te Ching by Laozi & Lao-Tzu & Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo

Author:Laozi & Lao-Tzu & Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Philosophy, Eastern
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2007-07-15T05:05:48+00:00

XLVI

104When the way prevails in the empire, fleet-footed horses are relegated to ploughing the fields; when the way does not prevail in the empire, war-horses breed on the border.

105There is no crime greater than having too many desires;1

There is no disaster greater than not being content;

There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.

105aHence in being content,2 one will always have enough.

XLVII

106Without stirring abroad

One can know the whole world;

Without looking out of the window

One can see the way of heaven.

The further one goes

The less one knows.1

107Therefore the sage knows without having to stir,2

Identifies without having to see,

Accomplishes without having to act.

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