When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.

When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.

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.