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Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
Source Tao Te King, chapter 7 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Lao Tzu, the “holy man,” that is, the sage, puts himself after others and does not cling to himself, and it is precisely in this way that he is preserved and finds his place. Today, in a line, a conversation or a meal, gladly let someone go before you and savor the lightness of this gesture.
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