Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought of fame; those that cleave to power cannot give the handle of it to others. While they hold their grasp of those things, they are afraid of losing them. When they let them go, they are grieved and they will not look at a single example, from which they might perceive the folly of their restless pursuits - such men are under the doom of heaven.

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.

When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.

The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.

Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.