To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
To rule by knowledge ravages the country.
Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.