and needs no argument to support it; impurity is interminably complex, and is ever involved in defensive argument. Truth lives itself. A blameless life is the only witness of Truth. Men cannot see, and will not accept the witness until they find it within themselves; having found it, a man becomes silent before his fellows. Truth is so simple that it cannot be found in the region of argument and advertisement, and so silent that it is only manifested in actions.
So extremely simple is Original Simplicity, that a man must let go his hold of everything before he can perceive it. The great arch is strong by virtue of the hollowness underneath, and a wise man becomes strong and invincible by emptying himself.
Meekness, Patience, Love, Compassion, and Wisdom—these are the dominant qualities of Original Simplicity; wherefore the imperfect cannot understand it. Wisdom only can apprehend Wisdom, wherefore the fool says, “No man is wise.” The imperfect man says, “No man can be perfect,” and wherefore he remains where he is. Though
