If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.
The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
Excellent warriors are not violent.
The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.