绝圣弃智,民利百倍;绝仁弃义,民复孝慈;绝巧弃利,盗贼无有。· Discard cleverness and craftiness,and the people will benefit themselves a hundredfold; discard sham benevolence and rectitude,and the people will again become filial and loyal;discard cunning and profit,and theft will no longer exist.
(Laozi [c. 600-c.470 BC]: The Book of Tao and Teh)