Sep 03, 2010 08:33
For Dao begets but does not keep,
Works its way but does not bind:
Authority that does not rule.
Such is the meaning of "hidden power".
-- Laozi, Dao De Jing, trans. Moss Roberts
(Roberts: 'This is what sublime favor or power means: it goes unacknowledged; there is no way to reciprocate.')
taoism,
lao tzu,
qotd