Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.

Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.

The progress of the Way seems retreating.

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.