Returning to the source is serenity.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.

The master understands that the universe is forever out of control

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.