Project Management Tips from Lao Tsu

From the Tao Te Ching 64:
...
Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
...

...damn, this guy was good.

(from the online translation at: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html)