Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?

Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.

Justice has long arm.

The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.

The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.

The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.