Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.

That so few understand me is why I am treasured.

The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.

Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.

The words of truth are always paradoxical. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.