Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

Seeing the small is called clarity.

The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.

A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.

Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.