Those who praise themselves do not prevail.
When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.
Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.
The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.
In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.