Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?
There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.
Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.
It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.
Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.