What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.
Water does not force its way.
Returning to the source is serenity.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.