If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.
Being is born of not being.
When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.
The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.