“He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.”

“To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.”

“Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men) do not learn, and turns back to what the multitude of men have passed by.”

“He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it).”

“Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.”

“To understand the limitation of things, desire them.”

“not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder.”