He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

That which shrinks must first expand.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also