The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao

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.

Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.