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what is high up gets pulled down

kyūdō

The way of heaven

is like the bending of a bow.

What is high up gets pulled down.

What is low down gets

pulled up.

 

Heaven takes from

what has too much and gives

to what doesn’t have enough. Man is

different: he takes from those who

have too little and gives to those

who have too much.

 

Who has

a genuine abundance to

give to the world? Only a person

of tao. He acts without expectation,

accomplishes without taking credit,

and has no desire to display 

his merit.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 77

 

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remain in the center

morgan maassen

 

Knowing

others is intelligence; 

knowing the self is enlightenment. 

Conquering others is power; conquering

the self is strength. Know what is enough, and

you’ll be rich. Persevere, and you’ll develop

a will. Remain in the center, and you’ll

always be at home. Die without

dying, and you’ll endure

forever.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 33

 

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the oneness gives birth

 

Nonbeing gives

birth to the oneness.

The oneness gives birth to yin and

yang. Yin and yang give birth to heaven,

earth, and beings. Heaven, earth, and

beings give birth to everything

in existence.

 

Therefore everything

in existence carries within it both

yin and yang, and attains its harmony by

blending together these two

vital breaths.

 

Ordinary people

hate nothing more than to be

powerless, small, and unworthy.

Yet this is how superior people

describe themselves.

 

Gain is loss.

Loss is gain.

 

I repeat what others have said:

The strong and violent don’t die natural deaths.

This is the very essence of my teaching.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 42

 

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tao te ching ☯️ chapter 60


 

Governing

a large country is like

cooking a small fish. If it’s done

in accordance with Tao,

nothing bad will

happen.

 

Guide

the world with Tao,

and evil won’t be a problem.

Not that it won’t be around, but it won’t

find an opening. When it can’t find

an opening, it can’t harm

anyone.

 

The sage

doesn’t harm anyone,

either. When there’s no harm on

this side, no harm on that,

goodness flows back

and forth like

water.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 60

 

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