Im going to have to disagree. This quote goes to the act of being humble with your words, when and where to speak, and the art of being silent with the utilization of action and having a presence.

Maybe Lao Tzu knew things that were utterly unspeakable? 🤔

Out of context and you know it.

In the real and present there are those that are in power and then there are those that want to replace those power By telling us how bad those in power are and how much better they would be, this is how the bad one got in power, do you see the cycle of deception

I read Lao Tzu about 50 years ago. Loved a lot of it, but not all.

Lao Tzu was speaking of something different.

I have a better idea. Let's retire Katy Perry.

Ffs, you no longer sound like love.

“There is a saying that ‘Speech is silver, silence is golden.’ But when you are engaged in a struggle, the opposite is true. Then, speaking out is golden and silence is defeat.” - Daisaku Ikeda