Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.

Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

To lead people, walk behind them.

The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go