The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.
Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.
...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.