When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.
I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
Praise and disgrace cause fear.
The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.