The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

Good men are bad men's instructors, And bad men are good men's materials.

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.