Tao Te Ching Verse 38: Just Being Ourselves

Send us a textTao Te Ching Verse 38translated by Ch'u Ta-KaoThe superior virtue is not conscious of itself as virtue; Therefore it has virtue. The inferior virtue never lets off virtue; Therefore it has no virtue.The superior virtue seems inactive, and yet there is nothing that it does not do. The inferior virtue acts and yet in the end leaves things undone.The superior benevolence acts without a motive. The superior righteousness acts with a motive. The superior ritual acts, but at first no ...