He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.

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

Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.

The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

A good wanderer leaves no trace.

That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.