"When the world has the Tao, the swift horses are used for hauling manure. When the world is without the Tao, war horses are bred in the suburbs."

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

"The sage, because he does not contend, is therefore without reproach."

"The higher the sun rises, the less shadow it casts."

"To know yet to think that one does not know is the highest [attainment]. Not to know yet to think that one knows is a disease."