In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.

Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.

That which shrinks must first expand.