Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao.

The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.

These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.