A Small Dark Light: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Legacy of the Tao Te Ching and What It Continues to Teach Us About Personal and Political Power 2,500 Years...

The power of Tao is not a force that can be harnessed or controlled. It is not a power in the conventional sense. It is an energy that blossoms flowers in spring. It is the light of the sun reflected in the moon. It is a timeless wisdom running through a newborn child. It is the lifeforce leaving a dying animal. The power cannot be turned into some

The limits of that language—shared assumptions of class, culture, education, ethics—both focus and shrink the scope of the fiction.