The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.
If you never assume importance, you never lose it.
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.
As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.
To attain to the human form must always be a source of joy. And then to undergo continuous transitions, with only the infinite to look forward to: what incomparable bliss is that!