In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.

Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

There is no greater mistake than to make light of an enemy By making light of an enemy many a kingdom has been lost.

When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.

There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own?

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.