The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.
The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
By letting go, it all gets done.