The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance, that creating an impact is more potent than acting from one’s centre.

Those who do not lose their base endure.

In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

Sages do not accumulate. The more they assist others, the more they possess. The more they give to others, the more they gain.

The sage: eliminates extremes, eliminates excess, eliminates arrogance.

The more they give to others, the more they gain.

When achievement is completed, fame is attained, withdraw oneself

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

To lead people, walk behind them.

Treat those that are good with goodness and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those that are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.