If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.

The eternal void is filled with infinite possibilities

Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.