You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

And now, what does it all matter? It matters more than anything else in the world. The whole dance, or drama, or pattern of this three-Personal life is to be played out in each one of us: or (putting it the other way round) each one of us has got to enter that pattern, take his place in that dance. There is no other way to the happiness for which we were made.

Die before you die, there is no chance after.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man's mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut. He can say nothing to the purpose. Outside the Tao there is no ground for criticizing either the Tao or anything else.