Chapter 63

為無為，事無事，味無味。
大小多少，報怨以德。
圖難於其易，為大於其細。
天下難事，必作於易，天下大事，必作於細。
是以聖人終不為大，故能成其大。
夫輕諾必寡信，多易必多難。
是以聖人猶難之，故終無難矣。

Do what is not doing, undertake what is no undertaking, taste what has no taste.
Great or small, many or few, repay resentment with virtue.
Plan the hard while it is easy; do the great while it is small.
The hard things of the world must begin in the easy; the great things of the world must begin in the small.
That is why the sage never does great things, and so can achieve his greatness.
Light promises are sure to earn little trust; finding much easy is sure to bring much hardship.
That is why even the sage treats things as hard, and so in the end has no hardship.