As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.
The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.
Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.
We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life.