Line by Line - Verse 62, Line 1

Tao has of all things the most honored place.
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

Tao is source of the ten thousand things.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~

The Tao is the wonder of all things
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~

Every living thing
gets its strength from Tao.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~

However we wish to express it, there is some mysterious being, force or essence that makes life possible. Some people call it Tao or The Way. Some call it a god. Some people don't know what to call it, so they don't call it anything at all.

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