The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.

Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

Stillness overcomes heat.

He who knows himself is enlightened.