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"In pursuing knowledge, one accumulates daily. In practicing Tao, one loses daily. Lose and lose and lose, until one reaches Non-action. Non-action, yet there is nothing left undone. To win the world one must not act for gain. If one acts for gain, one will not be able to win the world."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"In pursuing knowledge, one accumulates daily. In practicing Tao, one loses daily. Lose and lose and lose, until one reaches Non-action. Non-action, yet there is nothing left undone. To win the world one must not act for gain. If one acts for gain, one will not be able to win the world."

Hungarian

"Aki tanulással tölti kedvét, napról napra gyarapodik. Aki a taot követve végzi tettét, napról napra fogyatkozik. Vágyaiból folyton elvesz, dolga végül nem-cselekvés lesz. Aki a nem-cselekvésben áll, annak nem létezik akadály.* Aki az ég alattiban dolgoztat, az mindenért küzdelmet folytat; pedig az ég alatti elnyerése szolgálat.**"

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