B0221 TAU "Similarity in Difference - When a superior person hears about the Tao, she immediately begins to embody it. When an average person hears about the Tao, he half believes it, half doubts it. When foolish people hear about the Tao, they laugh out loud. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao. That is why it is said: 'He who understands Tao seems amazed by it.' 'He who advances toward Tao seems to be retreating from it.' 'The path to serenity seems stormy, the direct path seems long.' 'True power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, vast goodness seems inadequate, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, vast space has no corners, the highest note cannot be heard, the greatest Form can not be seen, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish.' 'The Tao is nameless and nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.'" (The Eastern Bible: Tao Teh Ching, 41)