不尚贤，使民不争；不贵难得之货，使民不為盗；不见可欲，使民心不乱。是以圣人之治，虚其心，实其腹，弱其志，强其骨。常使民无知无欲。使夫智者不敢為也。為无為，则无不治。

Tao Ching Chapter Three

By not adoring the worthy, people will not fall into dispute.

By not valuing the hard to get objects, people will not become robbers.

By not seeing the cause of desires , one’s heart will not be confused.

Therefore the governing of the saint is to empty one’s mind, 

substantiate one’s virtue, 

weaken one’s ambition, 

and strengthen one’s essence.

Let the people be innocent of worldly knowledge and desire, 

which keeps the smart ones from presuming to act.

Act naturally without desire, 

and then good order is universal.