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A review by hildegard
Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Laozi
4.0
The late chapters were, for me, particularly insightful. I gave only 4 stars because there were places that I could not follow (though this is likely due to my relative ignorance of Chinese culture).
A few favorite quotes:
"Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life."
"Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him."
"Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence."
". . .the sage is always skillful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man; he is always skillful at saving things, and so he does not cast away anything."
A few favorite quotes:
"Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life."
"Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him."
"Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence."
". . .the sage is always skillful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man; he is always skillful at saving things, and so he does not cast away anything."