To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something
Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. He who conquers others is strong, he who conquers himself is mighty.
Those who stand on their toes are not steady.
Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.