Tao Te Ching

“When a child is born, families want it to be intelligent. But through intelligence, I have only wrecked my whole life. So I can only hope the baby will prove ignorant and stupid; crown a tranquil life by becoming a Cabinet Minister.”

— Su Shi 苏轼 1037 – 1101 CE via On the Birth of His Son (tr: Arthur Waley, Shan Dao)
(Dongpo, Su Tungpo)
"pre-eminent personality of 11th century China"