The real is empty and the empty real

Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.