Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.