In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.
Open yourself to the truth, then trust in your natural responses, and everything will fall into place.
Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.