Tao Te Ching: Chapter #19

19
Throw away holiness and wisdom,
and people will be a hundred times happier.

Pursuing holiness and wisdom creates artificial hierarchies (priest and scholar). Elitism introduces inequalities, competitions among everyone to be at the top of the hierarchy, for those who decide to run for it, and despair for others (on one hand, those who tried and fail, and on the other, those who never think they can do it), and a feeling of inadequacy for everyone. 
Complex, intellectual wisdom often leads to clever schemes and subtle hypocrisies, obscuring genuine goodness.

Throw away morality and justice,
and people will do the right thing.

When morality and justice are enforced from the outside, they often lead to superficial compliance. By removing those frameworks, the inherent goodness (not a moral good, but an expression of the Tao in each individual thing. It is the inherent tendency toward balance, simplicity, and non-contention) that arises from simplicity and natural living, and with that, people naturally make the right choices. 

Throw away industry and profit,
and there won't be any thieves.

Excessive striving for wealth, productivity at any cost, and maximalism lead to inequality, poverty and crime. You could produce more, but in the short term, resources are fixed, so if someone could make an income of 631$ per second, the will be thousands of people with less than they need.

If these three aren't enough,
just stay at the center of the circle
and let all things take their course.

The centre (the optimal state of being) of the circle (the whole existence) is the state of inner equilibrium (The Tao itself). So to stay at the centre means cultivating inner stillness, emptiness, and simplicity, and by doing that, the chaos of external life (the moving circle), one avoids being pulled into the dualistic conflicts and desires. 
By letting all things take their course is a reminder of non-striving (Wu Wei).



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