Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.

Those who stay where they are will endure.

Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.

Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.

Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.