There exists a Being undifferentiated and complete, 
Born before heaven and earth. 
Tranquil, boundless, 
Abiding alone and changing not, 
Encircling everything without exhaustion. 
Fathomless, it seems to be the Source of all things. 
I do not know its name, 
But characterize it as the Tao. 
Arbitrarily forcing a name upon it, 
I call it Great.... 

Tao Teh Ching, chapters 25 and 4 (Translated by Gi-ming Shien and Eugene Rose.)