The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.

If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.