So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.