Behave simply and hold on to purity.

When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.

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.

A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.