“Chapter 64”
from the
Tao Te Ching
by Lao-Tzu
“ What is still calm
can easily be grasped.
What has not yet emerged can easily be considered.
What is still fragile, can easily be broken.
What is still small can easily be scattered.
One must work on what is not yet there.
One must put in order what is not yet…
… confused.
A tree trunk the size of a fathom
Grows from a blade as thin as a hair.
A tower nine stories high
Is built from a small heap of earth.
A journey of a thousand miles
Starts in front of your feet.”