To know and not to do is not yet to know.
Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.
What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.
Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.
Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.
The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.