"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you"
"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"
"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence"
"To see things in the seed, that is genius"
"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure"
"One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him"
"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve"
"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world"
"The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes"
"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be"
"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness"
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"
"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours"
"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest"
"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself"
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses"
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like"
"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides"
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment"
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love"
"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins"
"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it"
"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present"
