Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
Yielding is the way of the Tao.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.