The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.
When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.
See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things
The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.