The Tao Te Ching

Chapter 40

James Legge, 1891 · 2 paragraphs · Read at the source

40.11. The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds.

40.2All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).