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"ONE who is steeped in Virtue is akin to the new-born babe. Wasps and poisonous serpents do not sting it, Nor fierce beasts seize it, Nor birds of prey maul it. Its bones are tender, its sinews soft, But its grip is firm. It has not known the union of the male and the female, Growing in its wholeness, and keeping its vitality in its perfect integrity. It howls and screams all day long without getting hoarse, Because it embodies perfect harmony. To know harmony is to know the Changeless. To know the Changeless is to have insight. To hasten the growth of life is ominous. To control the breath by the will is to overstrain it. To be overgrown is to decay. All this is against Tao, And whatever is against Tao soon ceases to be."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 5