"Rejecting, adopting, receiving, giving, knowledge, ability,—these six are obstructions to Tao.
The key to which is inaction.
"If these twenty-four be not allowed to run riot, then the mind will be duly ordered. And being duly ordered, it will be in repose. And being in repose, it will be clear of perception. And being clear of perception, it will be unconditioned. And being unconditioned, it will be in that state of inaction by which there is nothing which cannot be accomplished.
"Tao is the sovereign lord of Tê.
Tê is the "virtue" of spontaneity.
Life is the glorifier of Tê.
By means of which it can be manifested.
Nature is the substance of life.
The code of which life is the embodiment.
The operation of that nature is action. The perversion of that action is error.