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

The Way is ever nameless.

The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.

You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.

The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.