The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.
For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.