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"Trying to govern the world with force I see this not succeeding the world is a spiritual thing it can't be forced to force it is to harm it to control it is to lose it sometimes things lead sometimes they follow sometimes blow hot sometimes blow cold sometimes expand sometimes collapse therefore the sage avoids extremes avoids extravagance avoids excess"
Author
Lao TzuAll Translations
English
"Trying to govern the world with force I see this not succeeding the world is a spiritual thing it can't be forced to force it is to harm it to control it is to lose it sometimes things lead sometimes they follow sometimes blow hot sometimes blow cold sometimes expand sometimes collapse therefore the sage avoids extremes avoids extravagance avoids excess"