In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, content with the way they are, endlessly repeating themselves, endlessly renewed. When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the equilibrium crumbles, creatures become extinct. The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as stone.

Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.

Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

The separate parts make no carriage.