Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life.
Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
The words of truth are always paradoxical.