Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.
All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.
True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.
When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.