56th Verse

Those who know do not talk.
Those who talk do not know.

Block all the passages!
Close your mouth,
cordon off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is primal union or
the secret embrace.

One who knows this secret
is not moved by attachment or aversion,
swayed by profit or loss,
nor touched by honor or disgrace.
He is far beyond the cares of men
yet comes to hold the dearest
in their hearts.

This, therefore, is the
highest state of man.

~Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching

Living the Wisdom of the Tao
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
published by Hay House

58th Verse

When the ruler knows his own heart,
the people are simple and pure.
When he meddles with their lives,
they become restless and disturbed.

Bas fortune is what good fortune
leans on;
good fortune is what bad fortune leans on;
Who knows the ultimate end of this process?
Is there no norm of right?
Yet what is normal soon becomes abnormal;
people's confusion is indeed long-standing.

Thus the master is content to serve
as an example
and not to impose his will.
He is pointed but does not disrupt;
he illuminates but he does not dazzle.

~Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching

Living the Wisdom of the Tao
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
published by Hay House

60th Verse

Governing a large country
is like frying a small fish.
You spoil it with too much poking.

Approach the universe with the Tao
and evil will have no power.
Not that evil is not powerful,
but its power will not be used to harm others.
Not only will it not do harm to others,
but the sage himself will also be
protected.

If only the ruler and his people would
refrain from harming each other,
all the benefits of life would
accumulate in the kingdom.

~Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching

Living the Wisdom of the Tao
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
published by Hay House