If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People would by themselves find harmony, without being commanded.

Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.