Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.

If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.