Return animosity with virtue.
He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.
He who controls the past controls the future.
There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.