The Tao Te Ching is a classic body of work written by Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu in the 6th century B.C. The Tao holds words of wisdom & spiritual enlightenment within it's 81 verses. It guides the student & teacher alike with a moral structure known as, The Great Integrity.
Verse 68 The Ethics of War
The best soldier fights
without vengeance,
without anger
and without hate.
He puts himslef humbly
below his comrades,
thereby eliciting
the highest loyalty from them.
This is the power
of non-belligerence
and cooperation.
It is the ancient path to the Great Integrity.
“The Tao Te Ching, A New Translation”
By: Ralph Alan Dale
ISBN: 0-7607-4998-1