Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.

To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

True humility involves opposites. The truly humble work in silence. Because they do not speak of their accomplishments, credit for them can never be taken away.