"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

"Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech."

"The greatest flaw is to desire more."

"All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being."