Weekly Tao Te Ching Verse - Week #3

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Verse 3

If you overesteem great men,

people become powerless.

If you overvalue posessions,

people begin to steal.

The Master leads

by emptying people's minds

and filling their cores,

by weakening their ambition

and toughening their resolve.

He helps people lose everything

they know, everything they desire,

and creates confusion

in those who think they know

Practice not-doing,

and everything will fall into place