He who holds balance...has attained the highest post in the world.
The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.