Give up your relentless moralizing, the continual pinpricks which pierce the skin of your fellows. The distinction between good and evil is the sickness of the mind. Give up your morals, and the people will regain a love of their fellows.

Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

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

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.

Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.

Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.