El gran taoísta Lin An define así "el camino de la felicidad":
La gran mayoría de las personas qué vacía y mal se siente, porque usa las cosas para deleitar su corazón, en lugar de usar su corazón para disfrutar de las cosas.
"Influence - Drop a pebble in the water, And its ripples reach out far;
And the sunbeams dancing on them May reflect them to a star.
Give a smile to someone passing, Thereby making his morning glad; It may greet you in the evening When your own heart may be sad. Do a deed of simple kindness;
Though its end you may not see, It may reach, like widening ripples, Down a long eternity."