Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.