Great perfection seems wanting but use will not wear it out.
Great fullness seems empty but use will not drain it.
Great straightness seems crooked;
Great skillfulness seems clumsy;
Great speech seems to stammer.
Agitation overcomes cold.
Stillness overcomes heat.
Purity and stillness rectify Heaven and Earth.
Ch 45
When the world has the Way, fleet-footed horses are used to haul dung.
When the world is without the Way, war ponies horses are raised in the suburbs.
The greatest misfortune is not to know contentment.
The worst calamity is the desire to acquire.
And so those who know the contentment of contentment are always content.
Ch 46
