Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.

Use the light that is in you to recover your natural clearness of sight

When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.