Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“Life and Death are indeed changes of great moment but they cannot affect the sage's mind which he lets wander in the moral harmony of things. He does not notice the loss of particular objects.”

Confucius 孔丘 551 – 479 BCE via Lin Yutang, Shan Dao
(Kongzi, Kǒng Zǐ)
History's most influential "failure"

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Chapters

Chapter 1
The Unnamed

Themes

Death and Dying

Moral Freedom