Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.
When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.
[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.
The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.
The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.
The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.