
While the action of assertion, man's common tendency, is preconceptual and rational, it cannot penetrate the hidden recesses of creativity. The action of assertion is viewed from the externals of intellection, while the action of nonassertion [wu wei] is activated by the inner light. The former action is limited and finite, the latter free and limitless.
-- Chang Chung-yuan, Creativity and Taoism
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