He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.

Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

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

Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.