1Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature.
2A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day.
3To whom is it that these (two) things are owing?
4To Heaven and Earth.
5If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!
6Therefore when one is making the Tao his business, those who are also pursuing it, agree with him in it, and those who are making the manifestation of its course their object agree with him in that; while even those who are failing in both these things agree with him where they fail.
7Hence, those with whom he agrees as to the Tao have the happiness of attaining to it; those with whom he agrees as to its manifestation have the happiness of attaining to it; and those with whom he agrees in their failure have also the happiness of attaining (to the Tao).
8(But) when there is not faith sufficient (on his part), a want of faith (in him) ensues (on the part of the others).