Lao Tzu Tao Sayings - Verse 70

My words are easy to understand and easy to put into practice.

Yet no one under heaven understands them or puts them into practice.

My words have an ancestor. My actions are governed.

Because people do not understand this

they do not understand me.

Those who understand me are few.

Those who follow me should be respected.

Therefore, the True Person wears homespun clothes

and carries jade in the heart.

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