When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.
Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.