What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.

The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

Take care with the end as you do with the beginning

The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.