With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

The noble must make humility his root.

Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.