The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!

When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.

Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

The best form of leadership is to be conscious of the leadership potential with the followers and to let them unleash this potential in a spontaneous way. When a great leader accomplishes this task with effortless ease, the followers say, "We did it ourselves."

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.