Tao Te Ching - 23

Having few words is natural:

The wind does not blow all morning,

The rain does not fall all day.

What makes this so?

Heaven and earth.

Heaven and earth will not last forever,

Much less for human beings.

Those who follow the Tao

Are one with the Tao,

Those who follow the highest goodness

 Are one with the highest goodness.

Those who follow the loss of the Tao,

Are one with the loss of the Tao.

For those who are one with the Tao,

The Tao will be with them;

For those who are one with the highest goodness,

The highest goodness will be with them.

And those who lose the Tao,

The Tao will be lost to them.

For a trust that falls short is no trust at all.

Translated by Chiyan Wang, Taoist teacher

Edited by Robert Smitheram Ph.D in classic Chinese