1- Mind
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Let your heart be at peace.
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
2- Principles of technique
Leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.
When two great forces oppose each other,
the victory will go
to the one that knows how to yield.
The soft overcomes the hard.
The slow overcomes the fast.
Return is the movement of the Tao.
Yielding is the way of the Tao
"Rather than make the first move
it is better to wait and see.
Rather than advance an inch
it is better to retreat a yard."
It adjusts excess and deficiency
so that there is perfect balance.
It takes from what is too much
and give to what isn't enough.
