Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

The way of heaven is to help and not harm.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect can be won with good deeds; but the Tao is beyond all value, and no one can achieve it. Thus, when a new leader is chosen, don't offer to help him with your wealth or your expertise. Offer instead to teach him about the Tao. Why did the ancient Masters esteem the Tao? Because, being one with the Tao, when you seek, you find; and when you make a mistake, you are forgiven. That is why everybody loves it.

Nature does not have to insist.

Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

. . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom.