That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.
Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.
Water does not force its way.
To know and not to do is not yet to know.
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.