Stillness is easy to maintain.
There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.