A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
Being is born of not being.
The Way to do is to be.
A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.
He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.