“What is a good man but a bad man's teacher. What is a bad man but a good man's job.”

“The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.”

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

“Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes it law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.”

“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.”

“When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.”

“And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surfaceThey are essentially the same”