Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
The longer you travel, the less you know.
People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.
As restrictions and prohibitions are multiplied the people grow poorer and poorer. When they are subjected to overmuch government, the land is thrown into confusion.