Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.
Every step is on the path.
Meet the difficult while it is easy.
The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.
To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.