The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth of the universe.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.