Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.

Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.

Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.

A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!

He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.