The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own?
As for the "proper way:" it is the beginning of disorder.
The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
The highest benevolence acts without purpose.