The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the Master's way.

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.