Of All That Heaven Produces And Nourishes,

To Find The Tao, There Is Nowhere You Need To Search. If It Is Not Inside You, It Is Not The Tao.

There Is Good Government When Those Who Are Near Are Made Happy, And When Those Who Are Afar Are Attracted.

Lead The People With Administrative Injunctions And Put Them In Their Place With Penal Law, And They Will Avoid Punishments But Will Be Without A Sense Of Shame. Lead Them With Excellence And Put Them In Their Place Through Roles And Ritual Practices, And In Addition To Developing A Sense Of Shame, They Will Order Themselves Harmoniously

Not To Converse With A Man Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste The Man. To Converse With A Man Not Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste Words. The Wise Waste Neither Men Nor Words.

Those Who Break Down The Dikes Will Themselves Be Drowned In The Inundation.