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

Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.

Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power, but it is not used to harm people.