When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.
Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.