If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, And for this reason can exist forever.

In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.

When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.