Philosophy

道 德 經
Tao Teh Ching

Tao – Chapter 17

With the highest kind of rulers, those below simply know they exist.
With those one step down – they love and praise them.
With those one further step down – they fear them.
And with those at the bottom – they ridicule and insult them.

When trust is insufficient, there will be no trust in return.
Hesitant, undecided! Like this is his respect for speaking.
He completes his tasks and finishes his affairs,
Yet the common people say, "These things all happened by nature."