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Chapter 40

Tao Te Ching (The Tao Teh King), trans. James Legge

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The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds. All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).

Laozi (attributed), Tao Te Ching (The Tao Teh King), trans. James Legge (1891). Public domain.