The uncarved block, though small, is nowhere in the world inferior. If princes and kings could but hold on to it, all creatures would submit to them.
Founder of Taoism
The uncarved block, though small, is nowhere in the world inferior. If princes and kings could but hold on to it, all creatures would submit to them.
Founder of Taoism
Daodejing, Chapter 32
c. 6th-4th century BCE
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