Redemption

Embracing unity,
the leader becomes the world's model.
Not striving, the leader becomes enlightened;
not asserting -- distinguished;
not boasting -- praised;
not aggrandizing -- endures.
As much as the leader embraces the world,
the world embraces the leader.

Based on verse 22 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Dwight Goddard