When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

Make the small big and the few many.

It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.

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

Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.

Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.

The most able seems clumsy.