He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.

All things are complete within ourselves.

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.