The brittle is easy to shatter.

The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.