The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.

Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.

If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?

Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.

The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.