People always made some wrong decisions because humans were creatures of emotion.
No one in the world had ever managed to avoid making mistakes or doing foolish things forever.
Some people might make moves that looked idiotic to others. But if others simply decided that they were idiots because of that, it would be far too biased—far too much like an outsider speaking from God's Perspective.
Ask yourself honestly: Did the people who called others idiots really never do anything stupid in their entire lives that completely contradicted their intelligence?
Everyone had times when they acted foolishly and times when they made elementary mistakes. Humans had desires, emotions, and moments when their "wires got crossed."
After doing something foolish, many people would calm down afterward and wonder: How could I have done that? An elementary mistake? That shouldn't have happened. That was so idiotic.
At the root of it all was being blinded by a single leaf, with emotions and desires leading to a mistaken judgment.
Doing something foolish did not mean one was truly stupid. The advantage smart people had over ordinary people was merely a matter of their margin for error.
True sages were good at restraining themselves.
They could always eliminate their desires and emotions as much as possible when considering a problem, thereby increasing their margin for error.
That was why Taoism spoke of purity, tranquility, and non-action—by doing nothing, one could accomplish everything.
Mo Qiong's confidence and wisdom were built upon a mindset as steady as bedrock.
Having grown step by step to this point, he had a clear goal and gave it his all. He sought only to never have regrets. The prerequisite for that was that he absolutely would not allow himself to make elementary mistakes.
He constantly warned himself not to make