When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.
Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.
The best way to carve is not to split.
The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.
Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.
Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.