Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.
He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.
When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.
How do I know about the world? By what is within me.
The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.