In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day.
The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.