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ONLY simple and quiet words will ripen of
themselves.
For a
whirlwind does not last a whole morning,
Nor does a sudden shower last
a whole day.
Who is their author? Heaven-and-Earth!
Even
Heaven-and-Earth cannot make such violent things
last
long;
How much truer is it of the rash endeavours of men?
Hence, he who cultivates the Tao is one with the Tao;
He who
practices Virtue is one with Virtue;
And he who courts after Loss is
one with Loss.
To be one with the Tao is to be a welcome accession
to the
Tao;
To be one with Virtue is to be a welcome accession
to
Virtue;
To be one with Loss is to be a welcome accession
to
Loss.
Deficiency of faith on your part
Entails faithlessness on the part
of others.
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