The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. |
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. |
The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still. |
The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem |
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. |
The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world. |
The Tao [Way] that can be told of is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; The Named is the mother of all things. Therefore, let there always be non-being, so we may see their subtlety, And let there always be being, so we may see their outcome. The two are the same, But after they are produced, they have different names. They both may be called deep and profound. Deeper and more profound, The door of all subtleties! |
The Way is empty yet use will not drain it. |
The Way of Heaven does not compete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. |
The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos. |
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, we did it ourselves. |
The words of truth are always paradoxical. |
There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart. |
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. |
Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax starve also |