He who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed.
We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life.
If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?
To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.
To rule by knowledge ravages the country.
Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.