The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong.

Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.

The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.

Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy

Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.