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"To arrive at ultimate quietness Steadfastly maintain repose. All creatures together have form; I see them return again to their root. The Master creatures come to perfect form, Continuously they return to their root. Continuous return to the root is called repose, Repose is called the law of return, The law of return is called eternity. To know eternity is called illumination. To ignore eternity is to draw misfortune on oneself, To know eternity is to be great of Soul, To be great of soul is to be a ruler, To be a ruler is to be greater than all, To be greater than all is to be conscious of Life, To be conscious of Life is to endure. The body shall disappear but not decay."
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Lao TzuAll Translations
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"To arrive at ultimate quietness Steadfastly maintain repose. All creatures together have form; I see them return again to their root. The Master creatures come to perfect form, Continuously they return to their root. Continuous return to the root is called repose, Repose is called the law of return, The law of return is called eternity. To know eternity is called illumination. To ignore eternity is to draw misfortune on oneself, To know eternity is to be great of Soul, To be great of soul is to be a ruler, To be a ruler is to be greater than all, To be greater than all is to be conscious of Life, To be conscious of Life is to endure. The body shall disappear but not decay."