63. Difficulty
practice no-action;
attend to do-nothing;
taste the flavorless,
magnify the small,
multiply the few,
return love for hate.
deal with the difficult while it is yet easy;
deal with the great while it is yet small;
the difficult develops naturally from the easy,
and the great from the small;
so the sage, by dealing with the small,
achieves the great.
who finds it easy to promise finds it hard to be trusted;
who takes things lightly finds things difficult;
the sage recognizes difficulty, and so has none.