The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.

People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible fate! The body is treated in a very harsh fashion. Courageous men are seen by everyone under Heaven as worthy, but this doesn't preserve them from death. I am not sure I know whether this is sensible or not.

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening

Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.