What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

What is well planted will not be uprooted.

How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.

By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.

Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.