Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

Give up your relentless moralizing, the continual pinpricks which pierce the skin of your fellows. The distinction between good and evil is the sickness of the mind. Give up your morals, and the people will regain a love of their fellows.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.