He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.

. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.

It is wealth to be content.

When everyone sees good, then bad exists.

The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.

People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

The progress of the Way seems retreating.