Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.

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