Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.
Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.