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MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 
XXII: 2: 
Therefore the sage concentrateth upon one Will, and it 
is as a light to the whole world. Hiding himself, he 
shineth; withdrawing himself, he attracteth notice; 
humbling himself, he gaineth force to achieve his Will. 
Because he striveth not, no man may contend against 
him. 
XLIII: 1: 
The softest substance hunteth down the hardest. The 
Unsubstantial penetrateth where there is no opening. 
Here is the Virtue of Inertia. 
XLIII: 2: 
Few are they who attain: whose speech is Silence, 
whose Work is Inertia. 
XLVIII: 3: 
He who attracteth to himself all that is under Heaven 
doth so without effort. He who maketh effort is not 
able to attrac t it. 
LVIII: 3: 
The wise man is foursquare and avoideth aggression; his 
comers do not injure others. He moveth in a straight 
line, and tumeth not aside therefrom; he is brilliant, but 
doth not blind with his brightness. 
LXIII: 2: 
Do great things while they are yet small, hard things 
while they are yet easy; for all things, how great or hard 
soever, have a beginning when they are little and easy. 
So thus the wise man accomplisheth the greatest tasks 
without undertaking anything important . 
LXXVI: 2: 
So then rigidity and hardness are the stigmata of death; 
elasticity and adaptability of life. 
LXXVI: 3: 
He then who putteth forth strength is not victorious; 
even as a strong tree filleth the embrace.