What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.

A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

What is well planted will not be uprooted.