Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you.

I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.

Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.