The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.
The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.
The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.
The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.