The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.
If you would take, you must first give.
The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.
The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.