“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.”

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Silence is a source of Great Strength.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready. The teacher will Disappear.

The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.