Tao Te Ching · Ch. 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。

Wéi xué rì yì, wéi dào rì sǔn. Sǔn zhī yòu sǔn, yǐ zhì yú wú wéi. Wú wéi ér wú bù wéi. Qǔ tiān xià cháng yǐ wú shì, jí qí yǒu shì, bù zú yǐ qǔ tiān xià.

In pursuit of learning, something is added every day. In pursuit of the Tao, something is let go every day. Less and less, until one arrives at non-action. Through non-action, nothing is left undone. To take hold of the world, one must always be free of contrivance; the moment one becomes contriving, one is no longer adequate to the world.

— Tao Te Ching 48

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