The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.
Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.