Be merciful, moderate, and modest.

Be content with an ordinary life.

To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness.

All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.