The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.

If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

He who hoards much loses much.

Use your light, but dim your brightness.