Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.

When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?