Hence Laozi wanted people to return to their natural state, to be "completely empty, perfectly serene." He believed that just like the Way of nature, every person, matter or thing had the power of its own inner spontaneity, and only if that spontaneity was respected was there the possibility of development towards the good.
因此他要人回到自然，致虛守靜，他認為每一人、事、物，正如自然之道有內在自發性的力量，只有尊重這樣的自發性，才有趨向善的可能。