Secret Intelligence

"(Nature) when about to contract any creature, is sure first to expand it; when about to weaken, is sure first to strengthen; when about to bring down, is sure first to raise up; when about to take away, is sure first to give. This is what I call the secret understanding. The tender and weak overcome the hard and the strong. As the fish cannot leave the deep (and live), so the warlike weapons of a nation cannot be displayed before the people (without deadly peril)."