The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

The more we give to others, the more we are increased.

It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be.

Act without expectation.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

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.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.