Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.
Conduct your triumph as a funeral.
Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.
A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!