The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.