Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and rouble. It's becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and thus come up with creative solutions. It is learning to live in the present. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

Treat the large as the small and the few as the many.

The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.