Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.