Don't Worry That Other People Don't Know

A Knight Whose Heart Is Set Upon The Way, But Who Is Ashamed Of Wearing Shabby Clothes And Eating Coarse Food, Is Not Worth Calling Into Counsel.

It Is Easy To Hate And It Is Difficult To Love. This Is How The Whole Scheme Of Things Works. All Good Things Are Difficult To Achieve; And Bad Things Are Very Easy To Get.

A Common Man Marvels At Uncommon Things. A Wise Man Marvels At The Commonplace.

When The Superior Man Eats He Does Not Try To Stuff Himself; At Rest He Does Not Seek Perfect Comfort; He Is Diligent In His Work And Careful In Speech. He Avails Himself To People Of The Tao And Thereby Corrects Himself. This Is The Kind Of Person Of Whom You Can Say, "he Loves Learning."

I Used To Listen To What Others Said, And Expect Them To Act Accordingly. But Nowadays, I Listen To What They Say, And Then Observe What They Do.