“Because of a great love, one is courageous.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

“The great Tao (or way) is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways.”

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

“Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him.”

“All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.”