Tao Te Ching 38: Already good

38.

The highest good is not to seek to do good,

but to allow yourself to become it.

The Sage doesn’t try to be powerful;

thus he is truly powerful.

The ordinary man keeps reaching for power;

thus he never has enough.

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The Sage does nothing,

yet he leaves nothing undone.

The ordinary man is always doing things,

yet accomplishes little.

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The kind person acts from the heart

and accomplishes a multitude of things.

The righteous person acts out of piety,

yet leaves many things undone.

The moral person will act o...