One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

Use the light that is in you to recover your natural clearness of sight

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.

Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.

Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.