The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
What's the difference between yes and no?
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.
The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.