In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order to destroy, It is first necessary to promote. In order to grasp, It is necessary first to give. This is called subtle light. The weak and the tender overcome the hard and the strong.

Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.

We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful.

Peace and quiet govern the world.

The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

Stillness is the ruler of haste.

Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.