In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?

The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.

Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.