When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.
The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.
Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way.