I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it.
To have little is to possess.
We are all capable of much more than we think we are.