Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure; gain or loss: which is more destructive? Pleasure or health; which is more rewarding?  If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Without health, life is painful and brief. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. Success and failure are irrelevant to the TAOist. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. To live humbly, to be at peace with oneself and the rest of the world, to not squander life's energies, are ways to long life.