What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.

The more we give to others, the more we are increased.

Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.

To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.

Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao