The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?
Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.
The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.
Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility.
The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.