- 有无相生，难易相成，长短相形，高下相倾，音声相和，前后相随。 Being and Not-being grow out of one another；Difficult and easy complete one another. Long and short test one another；High and low determine one another. Pitch and mode give harmony to one another. Front and back give sequence to one another
- 故从事于道者同于道，德者同于德，失者同于失。同于道者，道亦乐得之。同于德者，德亦乐得之。同于失者，失亦乐得之。
- 知足者富，强行者有志，不失其所者久。
- 夫好事者未尝不中，争利者未尝不穷，善游者溺，善骑者堕，各以所好，反自为祸。
- 生之畜之，生而不有，为而不恃，长而不宰，是谓玄德。