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Czyli Ursuli Le Guin wersja Tao Te Ching.

For being and nonbeing

arise together;

hard and easy

complete each other;

long and short

shape each other;

high and low

depend on each other;

note and voice

make the music together;

before and after

follow each other.

That's why the wise soul

does without doing,

teaches without talking.

To bear and not to own;

to act and not lay claim;

to do the work and let it go:

for just letting it go

is what makes it stay. (2)

I jeszcze jeden fragment:

True goodness

is like water.

Water's good

for everything.

It doesn't compete. (8)