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

Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.

In a river mist, if another boat knocks against yours, you might yell at the other fellow to stay clear. But if you notice then, that it's an empty boat, adrift with nobody aboard, you stop yelling. When you discover that all the others are drifting boats, there's no one to yell at. And when you find out you are an empty boat, there's no one to yell.

To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.

He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.

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.