Self restraint of Tao

If you stand on tiptoe to make yourself taller, you won’t stand firm. If you take huge strides to rush ahead, you won’t go far. If you show yourself off, you won’t see clearly. If you always insist you’re right, your rightness won’t be seen. If you brag about yourself, you won’t achieve real success. If you puff yourself up, you won’t last. From the Tao’s point of view, these things are like leftover food or a useless tumor. All things dislike them. So one who follows the Tao does not do them.