One who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm. One who straddles doesn't get around. One who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he truly is. He who has power over others can't empower himself: he soon learns that the "other" is his self. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures. Because the TAO is in the smallest of things, it may be called small, humble, insignificant, infinitesimal. The TAOist who is in everyone is thus modest and humble. Because the TAO is in the greatest and largest of things, it may be called great, infinite, unbounded. Thus the TAOist knows he is part of everything and hence has great strength. Because the TAO exists through all time: past, present, and future, it may be called eternal, always, forevermore, the beginning and the end, constant, the alpha and the omega, AO, AZ, AZO. The TAOist thus endures, being everywhere always, living immortality, and can not fear death.