Use your light, but dim your brightness.

The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.

Act without expectation.

The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.