Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.

Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.

The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.