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Tao-teh-king. Part Two: Teh: Chapter 40

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1st ed. FORTY To withdraw the mind from attention to outward things, to be thoughtful, to practice meditation, is to be in conformity with TAO. To be humble and of service to others is, also, being in conformity with TAO. Heaven and earth, and all things are manifestations of existence, but existence, itself, comes from non-existence. (It is to this potential nonexistence that the mind should be directed) .

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file tao/ltw2/tao40.htm.

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