The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

When I look forward to an end, I see only time infinite.Infinity of time past and to come implies no beginningand is in accordance with the laws of material existences.Predestination and Chance give us a beginning, but onewhich is compatible only with the existence of matter.”“Tao cannot be existent. If it were existent, it could notbe non-existent. The very name of Tao is only adoptedfor convenience' sake. Predestination and Chance arelimited to material existences. How can they bear uponthe infinite?”“Were language adequate, it would take but a day fullyto set forth Tao. Not being adequate, it takes that timeto explain material existences. Tao is something beyondmaterial existences. It cannot be conveyed either bywords or by silence. In that state which is neither speechnor silence, its transcendental nature may beapprehended."7.All things spring from germs. Under many diverse formsthese things are ever being reproduced. Round andround, like a wheel, no part of which is more thestarting-point than any other. This is called heavenlyequilibrium. And he who holds the scales is God.