People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. He who conquers others is strong, he who conquers himself is mighty.

Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

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

Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but it is in their nature.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Yielding is the way of the Tao.

The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day.