Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.

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

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.

Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.