Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.

The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.