A still mind can easily hold the truth The difficulties yet to come can easily be avoided
The feeble are easily broken The small are easily scattered Begin your task before it becomes a burden Put your things in order before they get out of hand Remember, A tree that fills a man’s embrace grows from a seedling A tower nine stories high starts with one brick A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Act and it’s ruined Grab and it’s gone People on the verge of success often lose patience and fail in their undertakings Be steady from the beginning to the end and you won’t bring on failure
The Sage desires that which has no desires and teaches that which cannot be taught He does not value the objects held by a few but only that which is held by everyone
He guides men back to their own treasure and helps all things come to know the truth they have forgotten All this he does without a stir