Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be.
Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.
Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.