To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.

I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.

To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!

The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.