Recommended by my doctor as a stress reliever. Each verse makes one ponder and that slows down the pace of modern life. ( )

I've been reading the Tao Te Ching in daily installments from Daily Lit. It's something totally different from what I normally read.
The Tao Te Ching consists of 81 short poems, which you can read here. It was written about 2,500 years ago by Lao Tzu and is the basis for the philosophical school of Taoism.
Most of the themes in the Tao Te Ching are about living life simply and doing away with material things.

'He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.'

I enjoyed reading the Tao Te Ching and am glad I ventured off and read something different. ( )

I read this more than 10 years ago for a comparative religion class and keep coming back to it. I can't really comment on the translation since I don't know Chinese but certainly in this form it contains many pithy truths. ( )

The Tao Te Ching was my favorite of all the Eastern philosophies I studied in undergrad. It's pretty common sense and more readily applicable to modern life than the others. ( )

Adiss and Lombardo do the best translation I've found of one of the greatest books ever written. ( )