Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.

Use your light, but dim your brightness.

Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.