Tao Te Ching · Ch. 51

道生之,德畜之,物形之,勢成之。是以萬物莫不尊道而貴德。道之尊,德之貴,夫莫之命而常自然。故道生之,德畜之;長之育之;亭之毒之;養之覆之。生而不有,為而不恃,長而不宰,是謂玄德。

Dào shēng zhī, dé xù zhī, wù xíng zhī, shì chéng zhī. Shì yǐ wàn wù mò bù zūn dào ér guì dé. Dào zhī zūn, dé zhī guì, fú mò zhī mìng ér cháng zì rán. Gù dào shēng zhī, dé xù zhī; Zhǎng zhī yù zhī; Tíng zhī dú zhī; Yǎng zhī fù zhī. Shēng ér bù yǒu, wéi ér bù shì, zhǎng ér bù zǎi, shì wèi xuán dé.

The Tao gives birth to all things; Virtue nourishes them; matter shapes them; circumstance brings them to completion. Therefore all things honor the Tao and esteem Virtue. The Tao is honored, Virtue is esteemed — not by command, but because it is always so of itself. Thus the Tao gives birth and nourishes; it grows and tends, shelters and matures, feeds and covers all things. It brings forth without possessing, acts without claiming credit, leads without dominating — this is called the Mysterious Virtue.

— Tao Te Ching 51

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