Literature/Laozi/Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Laozi, 4th century BC

Part IIChapter 40

1.

The movement of the TaoBy contraries proceeds;And weakness marks the courseOf Tao’s mighty deeds.

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