Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.

Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.

Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.

Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

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