The Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not… — Lao Tzu
The Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; The Named is the mother of all things.
Tao Te Ching · 400 BC
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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 1.
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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 1.