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Tao Te ChingChapter 34
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Chapter 34

大道氾兮,其可左右。
萬物恃之以生而不辭,功成不名有,衣養萬物而不為主。
常無欲,可名於小;
萬物歸焉而不為主,可名為大。
以其終不自為大,故能成其大。

The great Way overflows! It can go left or right.
The ten thousand things rely on it for life, and it does not turn them away; the work is done, and it does not call it its own; it clothes and feeds the ten thousand things and does not act as their master.
Always without desire, it can be called small;
the ten thousand things return to it and it does not act as their master: it can be called great.
Because it never makes itself great, it can achieve its greatness.