One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.
Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.
The Tao's principle is spontaneity.
When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.