"To be brave without compassion, generous without..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Success is as dangerous as failure.Hope is as hollow as fear.What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?Whether you go up the ladder or down it,you position is shaky.When you stand with your two feet on the ground,you will always keep your balance.What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?Hope and fear are both phantomsthat arise from thinking of the self.When we don't see the self as self,what do we have to fear?See the world as your self.Have faith in the way things are.Love the world as your self;then you can care for all things.”

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.”

“Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.”

“Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!”

“...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.”

“He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

“Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes.”

“All things in moderation, including moderation.”