22
The partial becomes complete;
the crooked, straight; the empty,
full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires)
are few gets them; he
whose (desires) are many goes astray.
Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing
(of
humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self-
display,
and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore
he is distinguished;
from self-boasting, and
therefore his merit is
acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires
superiority.
It is because he is thus free from striving that
therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
That
saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was
not vainly spoken:--all real completion is comprehended
under it.
