"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."

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

"The superior man, when he hears of the Tao, endeavors to observe it."

"I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves. I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves. I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves."

"Make the small big and the few many; Do good to him who has done you an injury."