“Therefore all in the world delight to exalt him and do not weary of him.”

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

“Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.”

“If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.”

“Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved.”

“This honouring of the Tao and exalting of its operation is not the result of any ordination, but always a spontaneous tribute.”

“Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.”