"When the great Tao is abandoned, there is humanity and righteousness. When wisdom and intelligence appear, there is great hypocrisy."

"He who is attached to things will suffer much."

"Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion."

"The heaviest thing in the world is a human heart."

"The best of men is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to the Tao."