Practice non-action.Work without doing.Magnify the small;increase the few.Reward bitterness with care.

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe.

If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine.

To live till you dieIs to live long enough

He who defines himself can't know who he really is.He who has power over others can't empower himself.

So, he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him.

Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain.Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well.Insight, however, is a function of the spirit.Because your spirit follows you through cycle after cycle of life, death, and rebirth, you have the opportunity of cultivating insight in an ongoing fashion.Refined over time, insight becomes pure, constant, and unwavering.This is the beginning of immortality.