Charles Stier > Teaching > Lao Tsu > "The Way of Life" No.68
 

A skillful fighter is not violent;
An able fighter does not rage;
A mighty conqueror does not give battle;
A great commander is a humble man.

You may call this pacific virtue;
Or say that it is mastery of man;
Or that it is rising to the measure of God,
Or to the stature of the ancients.

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