To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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

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

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.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.