“When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises.”

“When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, there arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, there arises the recognition of evil.”

“All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is;”

“Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.”

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

“There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.”

“When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.”