The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.
Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.