“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand thing...”

“Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the ...”

“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”

“When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.”

“If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisf...”

“Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.”

“One gains by losing and loses by gaining.”

“When a not-doing comes upon you, and there is no reflection of yourself to be found, many things can and will be related back to you as knowledge, yet you have no way of knowing how you assimilated...”

“Greed robs you of more value than the price of what you've gained.”