The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.

The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.