Tao Te Ching Chapter 34

 

The Great Tao flows everywhere,

(Like a flood) it may go left or right.

The myriad things derive their life from it,

And it does not deny them.

When its work is accomplished,

It does not take possession.

It clothes and feeds the myriad things,

Yet does not claim them as its own.

Often (regarded) without mind or passion,

It may be considered small.

Being the home of all things, yet claiming not,

It may be considered great.

Because to the end it does not claim greatness,

Its greatness is achieved.