When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.