The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may

He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

Simple, like uncarved wood.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet.

Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root