Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.
The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.
People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.
Stay at the center and let all things take their course.