If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.

The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.