The biggest in the world is small in its beginning.

The net of heaven is very wide in its meshes, and yet it misses nothing.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.