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.

What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.

Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.

A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

Battles are followed by years of famine.