The Tao principle is what happens of itself.

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?