Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
The wise man doesn't compete; therefore nobody can compete with him.
You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.