Returning to the source is serenity.

There is no illusion great than fear.

Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.

Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.