Chapter 32

道常無名，樸雖小，天下莫能臣。
侯王若能守之，萬物將自賓。
天地相合，以降甘露，民莫之令而自均。
始制有名，名亦既有，夫亦將知止，知止可以不殆。
譬道之在天下，猶川谷之於江海。

The Way is always nameless. The uncarved block, though small, no one in the world can make a servant.
If lords and kings could keep to it, the ten thousand things would come to them of themselves as guests.
Heaven and earth would join to send down sweet dew, and the people, with no one to command them, would share it evenly of themselves.
When shaping begins, there are names. Once there are names, one must know when to stop; knowing when to stop, one is out of danger.
The Way in the world is like the streams and valleys running into the rivers and the sea.