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Great accomplishment seems imperfect,

Yet it does not outlive its usefulness.

Great fullness seems empty,

Yet it cannot be exhausted.

 

Great straightness seems twisted.

Great intelligence seems stupid.

Great eloquence seems awkward.

 

Movement overcomes cold.

Stillness overcomes heat.

Stillness and tranquillity set things in order in the universe.

 

- Lao-tzu

 

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Tao Te Ching

Translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English

Vintage Books Edition, September 1989

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