If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
No disaster is worse than being discontented.
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.