The Sage cultivates self-knowledge and love and does not make demands of the people. This conduct is in contrast with those who do make demands on the people, and who praise themselves and seek their own aggrandizement.
When people do not stand in awe of the awesome then great terror will soon come to pass.
Do not constrict their dwelling-places; do not restrict their life’s resources.
Now it is only because you do not restrict them that they are not resentful.
For this reason,
The Sage
knows himself yet does not manifest himself,
loves himself yet does not appreciate himself.
Therefore,
He rejects the latter and chooses the former.