“If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard our (scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves nor robbers.”
“If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.”
“If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly.”
“How different would our perception of reality be if... we discarded the mundane events that cannot coexist with our dreams?”
“We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.”
“The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”