Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.