Nineteen "Throw away holiness and wisdom and people will be 100 times happier. Throw away morality and justice and people will do the...

Eighteen "When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge...

Seventeen "When the master governs the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is...

Sixteen "Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be peace. Watch the turmoil of beings but contemplate their return. Each...

Fifteen "The ancient masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it. All we can describe...

Fourteen "Look, and it can't be seen. Listen, and it can't be heard. Reach, and it can't be grasped. Above, it isn't bright. Below, it...

Thirteen "Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure?...

Twelve "Colors blind the eye. Sounds deafen the ear. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the heart. The...

Eleven "We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center whole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot but it is the...

Ten "Can you coax your mind from it's wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn...