The best way to carve is not to split.
One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.
Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
The purest white seems stained.
Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.