The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.

The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.

If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.

Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.