A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

Thus, those who say they would have right without its correlate, wrong; or good government without its correlate, misrule, do not apprehend the great principles of the universe, nor the nature of all creation.

Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.

Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.

The true man breathes with his heels.

Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study what ordinary people do to find happiness, what they struggle for, rushing about apparently unable to stop.