The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.

The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

The world is won by those who let it go.

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.