Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

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.

Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.