Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.

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 who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

Tao in the world is like a river flowing home to the sea.

To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.