From caring comes courage.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.

Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Going forward seems like retreat.