Friday, 3 May 2013

Nurture, an environment for growth

無為 無不為

If man is not to do more harm than good in his efforts
to improve the social order, he will have to learn that in this, as
in all other fields where essential complexity of an organized kind prevails,
he cannot acquire the full knowledge which would make mastery of the events possible.

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results
as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth
by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner
in which the gardener does this for his plants.