Its name-what passes not away.

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Conclusions are ignorance arrested on the path to less ignorance.

I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.

Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.