Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted. They do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit. They do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

The best fighter is never angry.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.