Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.
Peace and quiet govern the world.
The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.
In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.
Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.