If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

When you are sick of your sickness you will cease to be sick.

Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?

The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.