' The Sage '...

The sage has no mind of his own.
He is aware of the needs of others.


I am good to people who are good.
I am also good to people who are not good.
Because Virtue is goodness,
I have faith in people who are faithful.
I also have faith in people who are not faithful.
Because Virtue is faithfulness.


The sage is shy and humble - to the world he seems confusing.
Men look to him and listen.
He behaves like a little child.


- Lao-tzu


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Tao Te Ching
Translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English
Vintage Books Edition, September 1972