If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.
He who regards many things easy will find many difficulties. Therefore the sage regards things difficult, and consequently never has difficulties.
The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.
If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.