Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.
The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.
Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.
When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.
Returning is the movement of the Way.
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.