When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.

The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.

A good counter needs no calculator.

To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.