gentleness

  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 61

    Chapter 61 from Tao Te Ching – Dao De Jing centers on the principle that “the greater must dwell below.”‌ Through metaphors such as “a great nation, like a river or sea, positions itself humbly downstream” and “the feminine and yielding overcomes the masculine and forceful,” Laozi articulates a diplomatic philosophy rooted in humility…

  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 42

    The Dao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out of which they have come), and go forward to embrace the Brightness (into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath of Vacancy.What men dislike is to be orphans,…