Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.
The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.
Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.
To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.