"The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."

"The sage's Way is to act and not to contend."

"Govern a state by justice, wage war by surprise, and take the world by doing nothing."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."