Magick Without Tears

70 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.