Lao Tzu Tao Teachings - Verse 54

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up.
What is firmly grasped will not slip loose.
It will be honoured from generation to generation.

When cultivated in your person, Virtue will be real.
When cultivated in your household, Virtue will be plentiful.
When cultivated in your village, Virtue will endure.
When cultivated in your country, Virtue will abound.
When cultivated in your world, Virtue will be universal.

Hence, through yourself look at Self.
Through your household look at Household.
Through your community look at Community.
Through your country look at Country.
Through your world look at World.

How do I know that the world is like this?
Because of what is within me.

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