Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
Excess weakens the spirits.
He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.