Tao Te Ching · Ch. 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。無名之樸,夫亦將無欲。不欲以靜,天下將自定。

Dào cháng wú wéi ér wú bù wéi. Hóu wáng ruò néng shǒu zhī, wàn wù jiāng zì huà. Huà ér yù zuò, wú jiāng zhèn zhī yǐ wú míng zhī pǔ. Wú míng zhī pǔ, fú yì jiāng wú yù. Bù yù yǐ jìng, tiān xià jiāng zì dìng.

The Tao never acts with force, yet nothing is left undone. If rulers could hold to this, all things would transform themselves naturally. When desires arise during transformation, I would still them with the nameless simplicity. The nameless simplicity brings about the absence of desire. Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles into order of itself.

— Tao Te Ching 37

Source: Wang Bi edition (Chinese) + Hanyu Pinyin transliteration