A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.
When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.
Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.