Lao Tzu Tao Sayings - Verse 66

How did the sea gain kingship of a hundred streams?
Because it takes the lower position.
Hence, it is king of a hundred streams.

Therefore, when True Persons are over the people
they put themselves below the people by their speech.

When they lead the people they stand behind the people.
When True Persons are given places above the people
they do not crush the people with their weight.

When they take their place ahead of the people
they do not obstruct the people’s progress.

That is why everything under heaven supports them gladly
and does not tire of them.

Because they strive with no one,
no one can ever strive with them.

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