The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

The Tao is told is not the Tao.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

True power is stillness within motion.

The truth often sounds paradoxical.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.