Tao Te Ching – Verse 8 – The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. —LAO-TZU

WU CH’ENG says, “The Tao is like a fruit. Hanging from a tree, it contains the power of life, but its womb is hidden. Once it falls, it puts forth virtue as its root, kindness as its stem, justice as its branches, ritual as its leaves, and knowledge as its flower. All of these come from the Tao. ‘That’ refers to the flower. ‘This’ refers to the fru