If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
Every step is on the path.
The most fundamental seems fickle.
When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.
Return animosity with virtue.
The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.
Seeing the small is called clarity.
To have enough of enough is always enough.
Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
Those who stay where they are will endure.
The Way to do is to be.
The high must make the low its base.
Gain or loss, what is worse?
Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.
If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.
Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?
Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity of robbers. It is certainly not the Way.
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.
Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little.
Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.
Those who are content suffer no disgrace.
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
