Gem Star Randomizer

2010/10/16

Firm but not Forceful

The good leader is firm,
but dares not take by force.
The leader should be firm but not boastful;
firm but not haughty;
firm but not arrogant;
firm but yielding to the unavoidable;
firm but not resorting to violence.

When a leader resorts to force,
things flourish for a time but then decay.

Based on verse 30 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Dwight Goddard



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