Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?

A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.

Returning is the movement of the Way.

If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and crafty. When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results. Try to make people happy, and you lay the groundwork for misery. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice. Thus the Master is content to serve as an example and not to impose her will. She is pointed, but doesn't pierce. Straightforward, but supple. Radiant, but easy on the eyes.

I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.