Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

The noble must make humility his root.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.

The small is easy to scatter.

Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

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