The Tau of Heaven

"The Tau of Heaven may be compared to the extending of a bow. It brings down the high, and exalts the low. It takes from those who have over-much, and gives to those who have not enough. The Tau of Heaven takes away where there is too much, and makes up where there is deficiency. Not so the Tau of man. Man takes from those who have not enough, to serve those who have too much. Who is the man that, having an overplus, can serve the world with it? It is only he who has Tau. This is the reason why the sage acts and expects nothing; completes his meritorious work and holds no place. He does not wish to show his worth."