For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.