When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

To know and not to do is not yet to know.

A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. {But spiritual insight transcends death.}