Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

He who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed.