Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.
Meandering leads to perfection.
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.