Chapter 48

為學日益，為道日損。
損之又損，以至於無為。
無為而無不為。
取天下常以無事，及其有事，不足以取天下。

In pursuing learning, one adds every day; in pursuing the Way, one takes away every day.
Take away, and take away again, until one arrives at non-action.
One does nothing, yet nothing is left undone.
The world is always taken by undertaking nothing. Once there is undertaking, one is not fit to take the world.