From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.
You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.
If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.
A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.
The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.