Tao Te Ching 43: Effortless Effort

- 43 -

The gentlest of all things;

that which offers no resistance,

can overcome the hardest of things.

That which has no substance

can enter where there is no space.

Hence I know the value of non-action.

~

Few things are as instructive

as the lessons of silence.

Teaching without words,

performing without actions -

few in the world can grasp it -

that is the Sage’s way.

~

Commentary

The wisdom of the Tao Te Ching contradicts just about everything we’re taught and conditioned to believe in. Therefore this rea...