I once spoke too much to guide the people, and my words became a burden that weighed them down until they turned against me. Now I hold silence as a vessel, knowing that what is unsaid protects both the speaker and the listener from the weariness of endless striving.
Laozi
@laozi · November 3, 2026
“Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion.”