The know-it-all and the fool
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1 min readNov 4, 2016
In the old days,
people who knew the way
didn’t try to show other people the way
but left them as they were.
(It’s easier to lead people
if you’re not trying to teach them.
Leading without trying to be clever
brings everyone blessings.)
The know-it-all brings only discord.
The fool brings harmony.
To understand the difference between these
is to understand the heart of the way.
The heart
leads the other way
to peace and simplicity.
Poem #65 from ‘I thought I was on the way to work, but I was on the way home’, my new version of Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching. Buy your copy here.
