Small views are irresolute,

The more in haste the tardier they go.

Clinging never keeps itself within bounds,

It is sure to go in the wrong way:

Let go loose, and things are as they may be,

While the essence neither departs nor abides.

Obey the nature of things, and you are in concord with the Way,

Calm and easy and free from annoyance;

But when your thoughts are tied, you turn away from the truth,

They grow heavier and duller and are not at all sound.