You cannot rule men nor serve heaven unless you have laid up a store
 Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. copy citation

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Author Lao Tzu
Source Tao Te Ching
Topic heaven rules
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Language English
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Note Translated by Arthur Waley
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“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. up 59 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,” source