In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

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

Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.

Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.