The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious. Bound, rigid, and trapped, you cannot experience liberation.

Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.

Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?

No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.

By letting go, it all gets done.