“The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.”

“Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”

“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. When his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say: We did this ourselves.”

“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”

“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.”

“No doubt the reason is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.”

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”