If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.
The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
When there is no desire, all things are at peace
When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.