The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.

The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

Without going outside, you may know the whole world!

Be who you are, and go the whole way.

The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.