Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?
There is no greater mistake than to make light of an enemy By making light of an enemy many a kingdom has been lost.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.