He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.
He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.
The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.