Harmonious strength and unity cannot be followed by anyone. Heaven and earth don't want to be together.
Lead and conquer, but don't take sides.
You won't make great
If you behave like a flower in someone's arms
Feast your hungry eyes on all the world's potential.
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He who in (Tao's) wars has skill
Assumes no martial port;
He who fights with most good will
To rage makes no resort.
He who vanquishes yet still
Keeps from his foes apart;
He whose hests men most fulfil
Yet humbly plies his art.
Thus we say, 'He ne'er contends,
And therein is his might.'
Thus we say, 'Men's wills he bends,
That they with him unite.'
Thus we say, 'Like Heaven's his ends,
No sage of old more bright.'