"No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things... and at last become one with heaven and earth."

"Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. Too much handling will spoil it."

"The heavy is the root of the light. The still is the master of the restless."

"People fail at the threshold of success. Be as cautious at the end as at the beginning. Then there will be no failure."

"When the great Tao is lost, there is 'benevolence' and 'righteousness'."