Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.