The sovereign without the small man suffers from hunger; the small man without the sovereign lives in chaos.

Nature is the highest good and the highest excellence lies in accepting the laws of Nature completely.

The interaction of the yin and yang through different combinations of the five agents generates all things in a process of endless transformation.

The essential way is to focus on one thing and in action find absolute peace with no desire; impartial, straightforward, tranquil, and all-embracing.

the many are ultimately one and the one is ultimate

Peace, calmness, and moderation - these are the height of virtue.

Heaven produces the ten thousand things through yang and brings them to completion through yin.

The sage institutes education as a way to enable people to transform themselves, arrive at the Middle Way, and rest there.

One who returns to his nature and adheres to it is worthy of all things.

We have…beheld in the ocean, huge waves like mountains rising sky-high, and we have set eyes on barbarian regions far away hidden in a blue transparency of light vapors, while our sails, loftily unfurled like clouds, day and night continued their course rapid like that of a star, traversing the savage waves as if we were treading a public thoroughfare.

The Six Classics are all history.

Paths of learning are necessarily divergent, they reflect the diversity of mankind.

Words are rooted in the mind and differ [from person to person] as much as faces do... the Tao is public, but the study of it is private.

What will happen after 100 generations in the future can be inferred from the gain and loss of the Three Dynasties.

How an one hold on to a fixed formula and impose it on others?... Everyone has different abilities and skills. The lofty are sharp and broad but unconcerned with with detail, the deep and contemplative take one step at a time and reach their destination gradually.

No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.

You must always remember that all men are your brothers, down to the vilest and most debased; they are your family and your friends, your fellow-citizens as well. You must be kind therefore, endlessly kind

The reason we have two ears and only one mouth is so we may hear more and talk less.

When men are enlightened enough to follow their natural instincts, they will have no need of law-courts or police, will have no temples and no public worship, and use no money

The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.