The Tao's principle is spontaneity.
People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.
Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.