All the world talks about my Tao with such familiarity— What folly! Tao is not something found at the marketplace or passed on from father to son It is not something to be gained by knowing or lost by forgetting If Tao were like this It would have been lost and forgotten long ago
I have three treasures that I hold dear the first is love the second is moderation the third is humility With love one is fearless With moderation one is abundant With humility one can fill the highest position Now if one is fearless but has no love abundant but has no moderation rises up but has no humility Surely he is doomed
Love vanquishes all attackers It is impregnable in defence When Heaven wants to protect someone does it send an army? No, it protects him with love