Prepare while it's easy.

The Great Vessel takes long to complete.

When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.

A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Therefore having and not having arise together. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short contrast each other. High and low rest upon each other. Voice and sound harmonize each other. Front and back follow one another.

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.