A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.
Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.