The light of the Way seems dim.
If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.
To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.
Excellent warriors are not violent.
Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.