The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

The way of heaven is to help and not harm.

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.