Chapter 37

道常無為而無不為。
侯王若能守之，萬物將自化。
化而欲作，吾將鎮之以無名之樸。
鎮之以無名之樸，夫亦將不欲。
不欲以靜，天下將自正。

The Way always does nothing, yet nothing is left undone.
If lords and kings could keep to it, the ten thousand things would transform of themselves.
If, as they transform, desire arises, I will hold it down with the nameless uncarved block.
Held down by the nameless uncarved block, they too will be without desire.
Without desire, they will be still, and the world will set itself right.