Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

A good counter needs no calculator.

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.

Must one dread what others dread?

Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.