The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.
All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.
Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.
When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.