Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

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.

Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone.

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.