The inner is the foundation of the outer. The still is master of the restless. The Sage travels all day yet never leaves his inner treasure.

The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

The ancients said: Hulk to be whole.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Battles are followed by years of famine.