The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

The farther you go, the less you know.

A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is akin to Tao. . . . In all the earth nothing weaker than water, Yet in attacking the hard, nothing superior, Nothing so certain in wearing down strength: There is no way to resist it. Note then: The weak conquer the strong, The yielding outlast the aggressors.

If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.

Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.