True power is stillness within motion.

He does not seek power - yet people follow him.

But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.

The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of duality, conflict, and dogma. As long as your shallow worldly ambitions exist, the door will not open.

The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.

Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.