It's easy to overlook the subtlety Tao Te Ching because it's easy to call paradox profound and leave it at that. It has a way of making the foolish feel wise and the wise feel foolish, but it never mocks you for it. It doesn't so much teach as invite you to ask questions, which is to say, it invites you into the process of learning rather than the act of concluding.
We need more Tao.
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