. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.
Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.