Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and if that step is the right step, it becomes the last step.
If you really want everything, then give up everything.
Everything will settle in its own place automatically.
Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.
Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
Everything in the universe is created from something, which in turn is created from nothing.
The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.
He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
Going forward seems like retreat...
When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.
The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.
Conclusions are ignorance arrested on the path to less ignorance.
One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.
That, which others compress – will widen up and open. That, which others weaken – will strengthen. That, which others destroy – will blossom. Whoever wished to take something from the other, will inevitably loose his own.
It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.