27. Humility

Mighty Tao is all-pervading.
It is simultaneously on this side
and on that.
All living things come from it,
and all are its care.
It works, it finishes,
and knows not the name of merit.
In love it nurtures al things,
and claims no excellence therin.
It knows neither ambition nor desire.
It can be classed with the humblest of things,
for all things finally revert to it,
and are not thereby increased.
Tao can be mentioned with
the greatest of things.
And the Sage
understands humility in this.