I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.
Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.
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.
He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.
If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others.