The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

He who is contented is rich.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace.

They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.