If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.

Those who show off do not shine.

Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

Build up virtue, and you master all.

It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.