Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
Those who know when it is enough will not perish.
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.