Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.
Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.
Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.