Tao Te Ching - Humility

From Sonja Elen Kisa's elegant translation, 'Dào Dé Jīng, The Flow and the Power of Good, a Taoist scripture by Lǎozǐ.' Ms. Kisa, who is also a writer, language teacher and language inventor, has her website at http://kisa.ca/

"III - Humble

"Don't praise the worthy, and people won't compete.
Don't value material wealth, and no one will steal.
Don't tempt, and no one will crave.

"Therefore, when the Sage leads,
She clears our minds and fills our hearts,
Weakens ambitions and strengthens bones.
When you eliminate greed and excess desire,
There can be no evil.

"Go with the flow,
And all will be good."
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The 20th Century Benedictine monk and poet, Thomas Merton, wrote that "humility consists in being exactly the person you are before God."

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