Nature is complete because it does not serve itself. The sage places himself after and finds himself before, Ignores his desire and finds himself content. He is complete because he does not serve himself.

Select Verse 1. The Way 2. Abstraction 3. Without Action 4. Limitless 5. Nature 6. Experience 7. Complete 8. Water 9. Retire 10. Harmony 11. Tools 12. Substance 13. Self 14. Mystery 15. Enlightenment 16. Decay and Renewal 17. Rulers 18. Hypocrisy 19. Simplify 20. Wandering 21. Accept 22. Home 23. Words 24. Indulgence 25. Beneath Abstraction 26. Calm 27. Perfection 28. Becoming 29. Ambition 30. Violence 31. Armies 32. Shapes 33. Virtues 34. Control 35. Peace 36. Opposition 37. Tranquillity 38. Ritual 39. Support 40. Motion and Use 41. Following 42. Mind 43. Overcoming 44. Contentment 45. Quiet 46. Horses 47. Knowing 48. Inaction 49. People 50. Death 51. Nurture 52. Clarity 53. Difficult Paths 54. Cultivate Harmony 55. Soft Bones 56. Impartiality 57. Conquer with Inaction 58. No End 59. Restraint 60. Demons 61. Submission 62. Sin 63. Difficulty 64a. Care at the Beginning 64b. Care at the End 65. Subtlety 66. Lead by Following 67. Unimportance 68. Compassion 69. Ambush 70. Individuality 71. Limitation 72. Revolution 73. Fate 74. Execution 75. Rebellion 76. Flexibility 77. Need 78. Yielding 79. Reconciliation 80. Utopia 81. The Sage

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