The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.
When the great Tao is abandoned, benevolence and righteousness arise.
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
In work, do what you enjoy.
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
The sage acts by doing nothing.