Those who know don’t talk; <br />Those who talk don’t know; <br />Those who speak don’t write; <br />Those who write don’t speak. <br /> <br />Those who think don’t actions; <br />Those who actions don’t think; <br />Those who think don’t judge; <br />Those who judge don’t do. <br /> <br />Small understanding is no match for great understanding; <br />Small knowledge cannot understand great knowledge knows. <br />Great wisdom has great understanding; <br />Great knowledge has wise sayings. <br /> <br />Great knowledge and understanding is wide and vast; <br />Small knowledge and understanding is trivial and cramped. <br />Great speech blaze forth as a huge fire; <br />Small speech is empty and trivial. <br /> <br />We understand what is appropriate; <br />Because of what we understand to be inappropriate. <br />We understand right; <br />Because of our understanding of wrong. <br /> <br />Use the light of wisdom to see, <br />Beyond the world of right and wrong. <br />One can only really understand things, <br />By understanding one’s true self. <br /> <br />(extracted and translated from Tao Te Cheng Book) <br />© Nov 2011 Lawrence Hiung<br /><br />Lawrence CH Hiun<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/understanding-and-knowledge/
