Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.

Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.