The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

The way of heaven is to help and not harm.

Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.

The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.