Must one dread what others dread?

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

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.

That which shrinks must first expand.

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.