Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!

When taxes are too high, people go hungry.

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go

Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.