The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.
Going on means going far, going far means returning.
If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.
Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.
The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.