Daodejing Chapter 44: when is enough enough?

Your name or your person:
Which matters more?
Your person or your property:
Which is worth more?
Your gain or your loss:
Which causes more harm?
Excessive love costs you dear.
Hoarding causes great loss.
Know contentment,
And you will suffer no disgrace.
Know when to stop,
And you will encounter no danger.
In this way, you will endure.

「名與身孰親？身與貨孰多？得與亡孰病？是故甚愛必大費，多藏必厚亡。
知足不辱，知止不殆，可以長久！」

When is enough enough? That is the key question Laozi raises in Chapter 44. The greater the wealth and fame you acquire, the greater the greater the height you risk falling from when your greed becomes too strong for you to control.

Better to know when to stop than to allow yourself to be driven by a voracious appetite that can never be satisfied.

Note
I took this image at Longhu (Dragon Tiger) Mountain, a famous Daoist site about ten miles south of Yingtan in Jiangxi Province. A great place to visit!