“This is how they are able to continue and endure.”

“The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.”

“Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long.”

“The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.”

“Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.”

“Is it not through her selflessness that she is able to perfect herself?”

“He does not dare (by continuing his operations) to assert and complete his mastery.”