Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.

Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

As for the "proper way:" it is the beginning of disorder.