With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

Returning to the source is serenity.

That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.

When everyone sees good, then bad exists.