“The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like t…”

“The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities. It is hidden but always present. I don't know who gave birth to it. It is older than God.”

— Lao Tzu

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Source

Title: Wikiquote: Laozi
Type: reference · Secondary source
Held by: Wikiquote

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Context

interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992)

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Tzu, Lao. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Laozi. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laozi

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