The most able seems clumsy.

Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding.