heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise person puts himself last, and thereby finds himself first, holds himself outside, and thereby remains at the center, abandons himself, and is thereby fulfilled.
LaoziThe sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
LaoziIt is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.
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