The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.

Those who stay where they are will endure.

Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.

Returning is the movement of the Way.

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.