They will live in vague fear

Why do they come to terms with this miserable way of living?

Why don’t they see the beauty of life?

Why are they so scared of escaping their rut?

One who is wise understands this, and won’t flaunt it

He enjoys it but doesn’t consider it as his own merit

He abandons his old way of living and embraces true life

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Chapter Seventy-Two

One who does not understand he can’t know anything, is insane

One who realizes his insanity,

Is able to get rid of it

One who is wise is not insane anymore,

Because he has disposed of his insanity

Therefore he has a clear view

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Chapter Seventy-One

And easy to bring to practice

Yet no one in the world wants to surrender to them

And no one feels capable of living according to them

My words have an origin, my way of living a principle

But because the people do not dare to see this

They are not able to understand me

There are only a few who understand me and to them I am most precious

One who is wise therefore acts unnoticed, but remains oneself

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Chapter Seventy

Won’t start them anymore and prefers to wait

He rather takes a step back or retracts

That’s what people call winning by losing

Showing strength without impressing

Standing firm without starting a fight

Nothing is more disastrous than underestimating your enemy

One who underestimates his enemy exposes oneself to danger

Therefore he who’s driven by compassion

Is always the winner in a conflict

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Chapter Sixty-Nine

A true fighter is unshakeable

A true victor does not argue

A true leader is the least

That’s what people call “non-violent defensibility”

And that’s how one gets the people on his side

That is called “living according to your nature”

That is the perfection of which the wise of old spoke

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Chapter Sixty-Eight

In my grandeur, I am different from all the rest

And that is exactly therefore the reason I am great

If I would be like the rest, I would be just as unimportant and insignificant

I have three treasures I cherish:

The first is compassion

The second is austerity

The third is modesty

Thanks to my compassion I can be brave

Because I am austere I can be unselfish

Because I am modest I can lead the way

But one who abandons his compassion and yet wants to be brave

One who renounces austerity and yet wants to be unselfish

One who stops being modest and still wants to be important

Won’t make it far

One who fights with compassion, will conquer

Because he doesn’t need to defend himself, he’s invulnerable

The Unspeakable will protect him with its compassion

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Chapter Sixty-Seven