Meet the big while it is small.

The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao.

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.