Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.

Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.

What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.

Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

What's the difference between yes and no?