The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.

The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.

Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.