The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Gain or loss, what is worse?

A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.

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

People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.

The most eloquent seems to stutter.

To know and not to do is not yet to know.