Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.

A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.

The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.

Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.