When taxes are too high, people go hungry.
Those who stay where they are will endure.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.
The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.
Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.