"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."

"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…"

"Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord."

"Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."