"The greatest villain is the one who tries to do good."

"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is a…"

"The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees."

"The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more sharp weapons the people have, the more troubled the state will be. The more cunning and skill man possesses, the more peculiar…"

"Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties. The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty."