Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.

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

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

The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.

In work, do what you enjoy.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.