The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.
Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
What resists, persists.
The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.
To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.