To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.

The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.

That so few understand me is why I am treasured.

Dignified, like a guest.

How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.

Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.