"The best of men is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to the Tao."

"Act without doing; work without effort."

"The superior man, when he hears of the Tao, endeavors to observe it."

"Make the small big and the few many; Do good to him who has done you an injury."

"One who makes promises rashly rarely keeps good faith; One who is in the habit of considering things easy meets with frequent difficulties."