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DO the Non-Ado.
Strive for the effortless.
Savour the
savourless.
Exalt the low.
Multiply the few.
Requite injury with
kindness.
Nip troubles in the bud.
Sow the great in the small.
Difficult things of the world
Can only be tackled when they are
easy.
Big things of the world
Can only be achieved by attending to
their small
beginnings.
Thus, the Sage never has to grapple
with big things,
Yet he alone is capable of achieving them!
He who promises lightly must be lacking in faith.
He who thinks
everything easy will end by finding
everything
difficult.
Therefore, the Sage, who regards everything as
difficult,
Meets with no difficulties in the end.
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