He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.
Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.
Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
Life and death are one thread.
From wonder into wonder existence opens.
Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?