All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

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 origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.