The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment.