Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.

A good runner leaves no footprints.

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?

The purest white seems stained.

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.