Those who stay where they are will endure.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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.

To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious.