Water does not force its way.

Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.

On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.

Pursue without interfering.

If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.