“ You cannot rule men nor serve heaven unless you have laid up a store ”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. copy citation
Author | Lao Tzu |
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Source | Tao Te Ching |
Topic | heaven rules |
Date | |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Arthur Waley |
Weblink | https://terebess.hu/english/tao/waley.html |
Context
“And every good by an ill, surely mankind has gone long enough astray?
Therefore the Sage
Squares without cutting,
Shapes the corners without iopping,
Straightens without stretching,
Gives forth light without shining.
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You cannot rule men nor serve heaven unless you have laid up a store;
This “laying up a store” means quickly absorbing,
And “quickly absorbing” means doubling one's garnered “power”.
Double your garnered power and it acquires a strength that nothing can overcome.
If there is nothing it cannot overcome, it know no bounds,”
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