The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.

When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.

Build up virtue, and you master all.

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.