Joy and sorrow exist only in the mind.

Eliminate sagacity, abandom wisdom,
The people will benefit a hundredfold.
Eliminate benevolence, abandon righteousness,
The people will revert to filiality and parental love.
Eliminate skill, abandon profit,
Robbers and brigands will be no more.
As civililizing influences, these three being inadequate,
Cause the people to have something to which they adhere.
Display simplicity;
Embraced the unadorned.
Diminish yourself;
Minimize your desires.