"Cautious, like crossing a river in the..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.”

“Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.”

“Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.”

“Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.”

“Don't forget to duck!”

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

“It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.”

“Thou weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath.”

“Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.”