Code Te Ching - Verse 38

The highest understanding does not show it,
    therefore understands.
The lowest understanding is always aware of it,
    therefore does not understand.

The highest understanding does not force action,
    And does not need to.
The lowest understanding forces action,
    Because it needs to.

The highest merit takes action,
    But need not act.
The highest certification takes action,
    And it must act.
The lame takes action,
    And when no one responds to it,
    It rolls up its sleeves and screams.

Thus it was:
    When the Code is lost,
        Understanding appeared.
    When understanding is lost,
        Merit appeared.
    When merit is lost,
        Certification appeared.
    When certification is lost,
        Lameness appeared.

Lameness only projects good intention and sincerity,
And is the beginning of disorder.
Swift learning is only a flower of the Code,
And the beginning of stupidity.

Therefore the elite dwells:
In the thick, not the thin.
In the fruit, not the flower.
Rejects one, accepts the other.