“I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.”

“Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves;”

“The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.”

“Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.”

“The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.”

“Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”

“not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves;”