The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
LaoziActing without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.
Laozi