Peace and quiet are preferred. Victory should not be praised.
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of duality, conflict, and dogma. As long as your shallow worldly ambitions exist, the door will not open.
Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?
The sturdiest virtue seems fragile.
Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.