Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.

When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.

Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

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.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.