The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.
As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.
To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we are sick of the sickness Shall we cease to be sick. The Sage is not sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.