Lao Tzu Tao Teachings - Verse 55

A person who is filled with Virtue is like a newborn child.
Poisonous insects will not sting, wild animals will not pounce,
birds of prey will not swoop down.

Although bones are soft and sinews weak, a child’s grip is firm.
The union of man and woman is not known,
yet there is completeness,
because a child’s vital force is at its height.
Crying all day will not produce hoarseness,
because there is perfect harmony.

To know harmony is to know the Always-so.
To know the Always-so is to be awakened.

Trying to fill life to the brim invites a curse.
For the mind to make demands upon the breath of life brings strain.

Whatever has been forced to a peak of vigour approaches its decay.
This is not the way of Tao.
And that which goes against the Tao will quickly pass away.

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