He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.