If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

Water does not force its way.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

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

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.