The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.