I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:
The first is deep love,
The second is frugality,
And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.
Because of deep love, one is courageous.
Because of frugality, one is generous.
Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
To produce things and to rear them,
To produce, but not to take possession of them,
To act, but not to rely on one's own ability,
To lead them, but not to master them -
This is called profound and secret virtue.
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.
To yield is to be preserved whole.
To be bent is to become straight.
To be empty is to be full.
To be worn out is to be renewed.
To have little is to possess.
To have plenty is to be perplexed.
He who knows others is wise;
He who knows himself is enlightened.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.
When armies are mobilized and issues joined,
The man who is sorry over the fact will win.
To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Heaven's net is indeed vast.
Though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing.
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