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Raise the Low

"Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive. Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way. Therefore, the sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth."

Author

Lao Tzu

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"Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive. Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way. Therefore, the sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth."

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