The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

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

The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

Deal with the small before it becomes large.

To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.