Those Who Know, Don’t Speak
Those who truly know the Tao dwell in quiet and simplicity. By softening, dimming, and blending with life, they become untouchable — beyond praise or blame, beyond comparison, whole and at peace.
Those who know the Tao
do not talk about it.
Those who talk about it
do not know it.
Close your mouth,
shut the gates of sensation.
Soften what is sharp,
untangle what is knotted.
Dim the glare,
blend with the dust.
This is called
Mysterious Harmony.
One who lives this way
cannot be grasped—
not by friend or foe,
not by gain or loss,
not by status or shame.
He stands beyond comparison.
He is the most whole
under heaven.
