Chapter 62
Act without forcing, engage in affairs without contrivance, taste without craving flavor.
Treat the great as small and the many as few; respond to resentment with virtue.
Plan for the difficult while it is still easy; work on the great while it is still small. The difficult affairs of the world must be addressed while they are easy; the great affairs of the world must be addressed while they are minute.
Thus the sage never attempts greatness directly, and therefore is able to achieve true greatness.
One who makes promises lightly will inevitably be found untrustworthy; one who treats too many things as easy will inevitably encounter many difficulties.
Therefore the sage still treats things as difficult, and so in the end encounters no difficulty.