The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

Never lose your child's heart.

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

Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward.

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.