(It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting; to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trouble of them; to taste without discerning any flavour; to consider what is small as great, and a few as many; and to recompense injury with kindness.

Tao Te Ching · Chapter 63 63

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. James Legge (public domain)

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