...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.

The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

True power is stillness within motion.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.