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  Misery for one is the result of someone else抯 wealth
  When will this ever stop?
  One who is wise is righteous and won抰 play that game
  He is just and fair and will never hurt anybody
  He shines; but does not blind

  59

  To get mankind to live in peace requires a full detachment 
  Because only one who is detached knows how to live truthfully
  Letting go of everything before dying makes one live righteously
  One who lives righteously knows no trouble
  For one who knows no trouble; life is unbounded
  One who is unbounded; considers the world as his home
  One who feels united with creation; lives happily ever after
  Then you抣l be rooted again and you抣l stand firmly
  Only like that will you live happily ever after and understand everything

  60

  Making sure that mankind lives in peace is a trifle
  Where righteousness is the main guide; delusions won抰 last
  Not that there will be no delusions at all
  But the people will be less susceptible to them
  Delusions damage people; and a wise man shows them it's so
  Therefore a wise man is a threat to delusion;
  But no threat for mankind
  Therefore they will become wise; too

  61

  When mankind lives in peace;
  There will be no superiors and inferiors
  It is like a big river;
  In which all side currents have come to rest
  The wildness comes to rest in peacefulness;
  Because it is calm and most lowly
  One who is the least by his disarming simplicity;
  Is therefore appealing to his fellow men
  And so it抯 a benefit for both of them
  So one who looks big; has to become small again

  62

  Everything inclines towards the original balance
  It抯 the bliss of true men
  It抯 a sanctuary for the untruthful
  But people flaunt themselves with flattery
  They only do nice things in exchange for gratitude
  Everybody does that so why shouldn抰 you?
  Therefore the people shout with joy when a new leader comes on the scene
  And let themselves be fooled by pomp and circumstance
  It抯 wise not to participate in this
  Do you know why the former wise people considered simplicity so important?
  Because they experienced that; one who seeks will find
  And that the truth sets one free from past and future
  Therefore simplicity is most important in this life

  63

  Act without intention
  Stop labouring
  Just enjoy life
  One who doesn抰 honour something small
  Isn抰 worthy of something big
  No more eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth
  Turn to them your other cheek
  Discover that what seems complicated is in fact very simple
  See the grandeur in what seems insignificant
  Don抰 turn simplicity into complexity
  Living purely is simple
  But people have made it complicated
  So one who抯 wise will never make trouble
  And therefore he can move mountains
  One who promises a lot is hardly ever trustworthy 
  One with a lot of blinkers on will bring to pass lots of troubles
  But one who is wise looks before he leaps
  Therefore he won抰 start at all
  And because of that he knows no trouble

  64

  Peace is easy to keep
  What might happen is easy to prevent
  That which is fragile is easy to break
  What抯 still very small; can be chased away easily
  A big tree starts with a small seed
  A terrace…yard started with a mound of earth
  A thousand…mile journey starts with a single step
  One who disturbs the natural order; harms oneself
  One who intervenes loses oneself
  A wise man abstains far from this
  Therefore he won抰 hurt himself and so he remains himself
  But people break down everything and they call it 損rogress?br》 Once started; there is no end to 

  A wise man strives for what others don抰
  And takes to be important what others take to be unimportant
  He unlearns what other are still learning
  And turns back to a state of mind others have left
  Then he knows the way back to the source
  But realizes that the people do not want to hear about it

  65

  The former sages; who travelled along the straight and simple path
  Brought the people wisdom instead of knowledge
  When people know much; unity is impossible to keep
  That抯 why science disturbs the togetherness of men
  And wisdom guards that togetherness
  One who understands this
  Understands that wisdom and knowledge are in conflict with each other
  Once you understand this; you抣l be wise
  And you will turn back to simplicity
  And feel one with everything and everybody

  66

  Why are the seas and rivers the biggest among all waters?
  Because they are located on the lowest places
  Therefore they are the biggest
  So one who is wise among fools must be the least
  And therefore he is the greatest
  But fools won抰 consider him as a threat
  They just don抰 understand him and take no notice of him
  Because he doesn抰 fight and argue with anybody; he is indisputable

  67

  In life I am great; but to the world I am a failure
  In my grandeur; I am different from all the rest
  And that is exactly therefore the reason I am great
  If I would be like the rest; I would be just as unimportant and insignificant
  I have three treasures I cherish:
  The first is compassion
  The second is austerity
  The third is modesty
  Thanks to my compassion I can be brave
  Because I am austere I can be unselfish
  Because I am modest I can lead the way
  But one who abandons his compassion and yet wants to be brave
  One who renounces austerity and yet wants to be unselfish
  One who stops being modest and still wants to be important
  Won抰 make it far
  One who fights with compassion; will conquer
  Because he doesn抰 need to defend himself; he抯 invulnerable
  The Unspeakable will protect him with its compassion

  68

  One who fights for peace is non…violent
  A true fighter is unshakeable 
  A true victor does not argue
  A true leader is the least
  That抯 what people call 搉on…violent defensibility?br》 And that抯 how one gets the people on his side
  That is called 搇iving according to your nature?br》 That is the perfection of which the wise of old spoke

  69

  One who understands that quarrels will never solve anything;
  Won抰 start them anymore and prefers to wait
  He rather takes a step back or retracts
  That抯 what people call winning by losing
  Showing strength without impressing
  Standing firm without starting a fight
  Nothing is more disastrous than underestimating your enemy
  One who underestimates his enemy exposes oneself to danger
  Therefore he who抯 driven by compassion
  Is always the winner in a conflict

  70

  My words are easy to comprehend
  And easy to bring to practice
  Yet no one in the world wants to surrender to them
  And no one feels capable of living according to them
  My words have an origin; my way of living a principle 
  But because the people do not dare to see this

  They are not able to understand me
  There are only a few who understand me and to them I am most precious
  One who is wise therefore acts unnoticed; but remains oneself

  71

  Realizing you can抰 know anything; is wise
  One who does not understand he can抰 know anything; is insane
  One who realizes his insanity;
  Is able to get rid of it
  One who is wise is not insane anymore;
  Because he has disposed of his insanity
  Therefore he has a clear view

  72

  When people have forgotten what to be afraid of;
  They will live in vague fear
  Why do they come to terms with this miserable way of living?
  Why don抰 they see the beauty of life?
  Why are they so scared of escaping their rut?
  One who is wise understands this; and won抰 flaunt it
  He enjoys it but doesn抰 consider it as his own merit
  He abandons his old way of living and embraces true life

  73

  Having guts and being reckless will lead to death
  Having guts and being cautious saves life
  The first is useless; the other useful
  Only one who is wise understands the course of things
  Therefore he won抰 intervene
  It is easy to infringe upon the eternal laws of nature 

  But they always triumph
  They don抰 speak; yet they do answer
  They don抰 yell; yet everybody hears them
  Like a net; the original order protects the Universe
  Though its meshes seem wide; nothing can come through

  74

  When people no longer fear death
  How can one threaten them with it?
  But if people are afraid of death and other people threaten to kill them

  When they infringe upon the law 
  Well; who is still going to break the law?
  But there is only One who commands life and death
  Since people started to decide about life and death themselves

  They have actually taken a place on that One抯 chair
  Then they behave like sorcerer抯 apprentices 

  Who assault the works of their master;
  With disastrous consequences for themselves

  75

  People starve
  Because the wealthy enrich themselves off other people抯 backs
  That抯 why people starve
  People cannot be kept under control 

  Because their leaders don抰 know what they抮e doing
  That抯 why people cannot be kept under control 

  People want to die
  Because they don抰 want to live this way
  Therefore people want to die
  Only the one who is not afraid to live;
  Is not afraid of dying

  76

  When a human being is born; it抯 supple and weak
  When it dies it抯 stiff and strong
  Everything that抯 alive (take a look at grass and trees for example)
  Is supple and flexible
  And when they die they are shriveled and parched
  Therefore hardness and inflexibility are companions of death
  And suppleness and softness; companions of life
  That抯 why a rigid troublemaker will never win
  And an inflexible tree is doomed to death
  Inflexibility and power won抰 get you very far
  

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