Anything created with fake intention or pretense cannot last long.

Tao can be used by anybody, but it does not beling to anyone. It is just like air; everyone can breathe the air, but no one can claim ownership of the air.

The true "Way" cannot be used to look into the heart of another, and can only be appreciated and found on one's own. What others say is but "oral Zen" - Zen not practiced but simply preached or talked about.

When you study the Tao Te Ching, you have to use your heart to try to imagine what Tao really is.

Anything created with fake intention or pretense cannot last long.

In our lives, when we do not create something out of total honesty, it cannot last long.

No words, phrases, or sentences are capable of describing or naming the Way, because once it is named, it is a false name and has to be eliminated. Once it is eliminated, only emptiness is left. When the false is abandoned, the true emerges.