Filling life exceedingly is called ominous.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.