"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is a…"

"The sage puts his person last, and it comes first. He treats his person as an outsider, and it is preserved."

"A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered."

"To see things in the seed, that is genius."

"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."