Real life, [early Taoists] argued, the life of the true person, followed the creative natural path, rather than the predetermined values of any group. For those willing to conform to the natural way, rather than the conceptions and preconceptions of others, true freedom — that is, self-conformity — was possible. And even more: This tendency toward self-conformity was inherent in all people. Left essentially to its own devices, the larger society could, like a pond or a forest, attain its own balance and maintain its own systems of effective functioning — without outside help.
-Brandon Toropov and Chad Hansen, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Taoism
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