Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.