
Growing through time, peace
Moving fast, speeding by, death.
Sunrise, sunset, Tao.
Those who are on tiptoes cannot stand
Those who straddle cannot walk
Those who flaunt themselves are not clear
Those who presume themselves are not distinguished
Those who praise themselves have no merit
Those who boast about themselves do not last
Those with the Tao call such things leftover food or tumors They despise them
Thus, those who possesses the Tao do not engage in them
TTC 24 (Lin)