"Everything flourishes; each returns to its root / Returning to the root is called tranquility / Tranquility is called returning to one's nature / Returning to one's nature is called constancy / Knowing constancy is called clarity / Not knowing constancy, one recklessly causes trouble / Knowing constancy is acceptance / Acceptance is impartiality / Impartiality is sovereign / Sovereign is Heaven"
- Tao Te Ching