There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.

I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.

You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.