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"The great Tao is so all pervasive, how can we tell where its right or left is? All things depend on it for growth, and it requires nothing from them. It accomplishes its work, but makes no claim for itself. It clothes and feeds all, but it does not control them. Everlasting Non-desire is called "the lesser." That all things return to it and yet it does not control them is called "the greater." Because it never insists on its greatness, Its greatness becomes a reality."
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Lao TzuAll Translations
"The great Tao is so all pervasive, how can we tell where its right or left is? All things depend on it for growth, and it requires nothing from them. It accomplishes its work, but makes no claim for itself. It clothes and feeds all, but it does not control them. Everlasting Non-desire is called "the lesser." That all things return to it and yet it does not control them is called "the greater." Because it never insists on its greatness, Its greatness becomes a reality."
"A hatalmas tao szétárad… Bármerre nézel megtaláltad. Minden létező általa születik, és Ő sohasem tagad meg senkit. Érdeme, hogy mindent megalkotott, hírneve, hogy semmit sem birtokolt. Minden létezőt táplál és betakar, de ura lenni senkinek sem akar. Mivel semmit sem kíván, így szerény, de minden létező hozzá visszatér. Senki sem tudja, hogy Ő a mindenség Ura. Hatalmas a neve, s az érdeme, hogy önmagát hatalmasnak nem vallja, és ezen nyugszik valódi hatalma."