“Then appeared wisdom and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy.”

“If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it.”

“When men lost their understanding of the Tao, intelligence came along, bringing hypocrisy with it.”

“Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment”

“If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.”

“He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.”

“It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.”