Bold action against others leads to death Bold action in harmony with Tao leads to life
Good fortune, bad fortune One seems to bring benefit the other to cause harm But Heaven rejects them both Both, in the end, tether men to this world
Who can know the reasons of Heaven? Who can know its endless ways? Not even the Sage has an answer to this one
Heaven’s way does not strive yet it always overcomes It does not speak, yet it responds It is not summoned, yet it appears It does not hurry, yet it completes everything on time
The net of Heaven spans the universe yet not the slightest thing ever slips by