The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.