These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the student offering himself to the teacher, or the teacher offering herself to the student. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.

Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.