The Way is ever nameless.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.