Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.

Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.

That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.