The Virtue of Benevolence
"Lay hold on the great form (of Tau), and the whole world will go to you. It will go to you, and suffer no injury; and its rest and peace will be glorious. (If you have) music and dainties, the passing stranger will stop (at your door). Tau, in its passing out of the mouth, is weak and tasteless. If you look at it, there is nothing to fill the eye. If you listen to it, there is nothing to fill the ear. But if you use it, it is inexhaustible."
Author
Lao TzuAll Translations
English
"Lay hold on the great form (of Tau), and the whole world will go to you. It will go to you, and suffer no injury; and its rest and peace will be glorious. (If you have) music and dainties, the passing stranger will stop (at your door). Tau, in its passing out of the mouth, is weak and tasteless. If you look at it, there is nothing to fill the eye. If you listen to it, there is nothing to fill the ear. But if you use it, it is inexhaustible."