He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.

By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.

All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.