Sometimes.........................

Trying to govern the world with force
I see this not succeeding
the world is a spiritual place
it can't be forced
to force it is to harm it
to control it is to lose it
sometimes things lead
sometimes they follow
sometimes blow hot
sometimes blow cold
sometimes expand
sometimes collapse
therefore the sage avoids extremes
avoids extravagance
avoids excess

-Lao-tzu's Taoteching, Verse 29 as translated by Red Pine