their appointed rounds

[mittelbar]

So: when we lose the Way we find power;
losing power we find goodness;
losing goodness we find righteousness;
losing righteousness we're left with obedience.

...

'cause when love is gone,
there's always justice.
and when justice is gone,
there's always force.
and when force is gone,
there's always Mom.

Hi, Mom!



respectively:

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin, Tse Lao

"O Superman" by Laurie Anderson