Classical Chinese · 道德經 (王弼本)
大成若缺，其用不弊。大盈若沖，其用不窮。大直若屈，其用不居。大巧若拙，其用不輟。大辯若訥，其用不差。躁勝寒，靜勝熱。清靜為天下正。
English · James Legge
Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure. Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide. Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream. Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat. Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.