He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.
When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.
If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.
If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.