Saturday 21 June 2008

Laozi 47

不出戶,
知天下;
不窺牖,見天道。
其出彌遠,
其知彌少。
是以聖人
不行而知,
不見而名,
不為而成。

Not pass one's door
Yet know the world,
Not look through one's windows
Yet see Heaven's ways

The farther one goes
The less one knows

Therefore the wise
Travels not, yet knows
Watches not, yet understands
Acts not, yet succeeds

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