Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

Deal with the small before it becomes large.

Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.

Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.