Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.

Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.