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Non-Action
The sage acts by doing nothing.
Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?
Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.
The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.
The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.
I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
Act without action.
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.
The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
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