A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step - Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.

The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

He does not seek power - yet people follow him.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.

Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties.

Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?