If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

To lead people, walk behind them.

Things are not worth attending to, yet they have to be attended to.

Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness.