“Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small.”

“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.”

“All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.”

“Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.”

“Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity”

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

“The great Tao (or way) is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways.”