Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.