“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines;”

“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”

“from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.”

“It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.”

“from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;”

“The flexible are preserved unbroken. The bent become straight. The empty are filled. The exhausted become renewed. The poor are enriched. The rich are confounded. Therefore the sage embraces the one. Because he doesn't display himself, people can see his light. Because he has nothing to prove, people can trust his words. Because he doesn't know who he is, people recognize themselves in him. Because he has no goal in mind, everything he does succeeds. The old saying that the flexible are preserved unbroken is surely right! If you have truely attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.”

“Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it.”