The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

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.

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