New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.

The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.