The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.

. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.

Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.

Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.