A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.
The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.
The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.