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.

True words seem false.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.