The student learns by daily increment. The Way is learned by daily loss, Loss upon loss until At last comes rest.

By letting go, it all gets done; The world is won by those who let it go! But when you try and try, The world is then beyond the winning.

為學日益，為道日損。損之又損，以至於無為。無為而無不為。取天下常以無事，及其有事，不足以取天下。

道德經, Tao Tê Ching, 章 “poem” 48, (tr.) R B Blakney From The Teachings of the Mystics, Walter T Stace, 1960

老子, Lao Tzu…2500 year old 21st Century foreign spy.