When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.
To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.