those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.

As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.

He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.