The TAO is the center of the universe, which is everywhere and nowhere. Everything revolves around it. It is the good man's inexhaustible treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words. Respect can be won with good deeds, but the TAO is beyond all value, and no one can achieve it. Thus, when a new leader appears, don't offer to help with your wealth or your expertise, offer instead to teach about the TAO. Why did the ancestors cherish the TAO? Because being ONE with the TAO, when you seek, you find; and when you make a mistake, you are forgiven. That is why those who know love it. It is a most valued treasure to the world. The TAO accepts and saves ALL unconditionally. The goal of the TAO Te Ching is indeed the kingdom of TAO on earth. In the legitimization of political power, the presentation of the truth of TAO takes precedence over all the other rituals.