"God who is beyond fullness did not bring creatures into being out of any need of his, but that he might enjoy their proportionate participation in him and that he might delight in his works seeing them delighted and ever insatiably satisfied with the one who is inexhaustable."
Such Things Are Wont To Rebound
He who by Tao purposes to help a ruler of men will oppose all conquest by force of arms; for such things are wont to rebound. Where armies are, thorns and brambles grow. The raising of a great host is followed by a year of dearth. Therefore a good general effects his purpose and then stops; he does not take further advantage of his victory.
Fulfils his purpose and does not glory in what he has done; fulfils his purpose and does not boast of what he has done; fulfils his purpose, but takes no pride in what he has done; fulfils his purpose, but only as a step that could not be avoided.
Fulfils his purpose, but without violence; for what has a time of vigour also has a time of decay. This is against Tao,and what is against Tao will soon perish.
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 30, by Lao Tzu
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