Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.”
- Source
- Tao Teh King
- Date
- ancient
- English wording
- James Legge — Translator · from Classical Chinese
Meaning of “Purity and stillness give the correct law to…”
The line gives stillness a governing role: clarity and quiet are treated as conditions from which more ordered action can emerge.
Where does it come from?
Tao Teh King, chapter 45, James Legge translation; the sentence follows the claim that being still overcomes heat.
