The Master doesn't try to be powerful
thus he is truly powerful
The ordinary man keeps reaching for power
thus he never has enough

The Master does nothing
yet he leaves nothing undone
The ordinary man is always doing things
yet many more are left to be done

The kind man does something
yet something remains undone
The just man does something
and leaves many things to be done
The moral man does something
and when no one responds
he rolls up his sleeves and uses force

When the Tao is lost, there is goodness
When goodness is lost, there is morality
When morality is lost, there is ritual
Ritual is the husk of true faith
the beginning of chaos

Therefore the Master concerns himself
with the depths and not the surface
with the fruit and not the flower
He has no will of his own
He dwells in reality
and lets all illusions go