Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.

Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.

No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

No weapon is sharper than will.

It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.