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"Heaven is long-lasting and earth is enduring. The reason why heaven and earth can live long and endure is that they do not live only for themselves. Therefore they can produce perpetually. This is why the Sage puts himself behind, yet ends up ahead, Considers himself an outsider yet finds himself in the mainstream. Is it not because he is selfless that his Self can be realised?"
Author
Lao TzuAll Translations
English
"Heaven is long-lasting and earth is enduring. The reason why heaven and earth can live long and endure is that they do not live only for themselves. Therefore they can produce perpetually. This is why the Sage puts himself behind, yet ends up ahead, Considers himself an outsider yet finds himself in the mainstream. Is it not because he is selfless that his Self can be realised?"
Hungarian
"Az ég örök, a föld maradandó… egyik sem önmagának él, így létük sem mulandó. Épp így a bölcs: szerepe háttér, így kerül előre, megőrzi énjét, magával nem törődve. Mert, úgy igaz: ki egyéni érdektől mentesült, annak valódi útja beteljesült."