Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.

Wear down to be renewed.

A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.

Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.