This world has no need for weapons,Which soon turn on themselves.Where armies camp, nettles grow;After each war, years of famine.The most fruitful outcomeDoes not depend on force,But succeeds without arroganceWithout hostilityWithout prideWithout resistanceWithout violence.

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.

Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes it law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

To know and to think we know not, is the crown. Not to know and to think we know, is the affliction.

Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.

One gains by losing and loses by gaining.

To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

The hard and mighty lie beneath the groundWhile the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.