If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.
Be truly whole, and all things will return to you.
Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.