The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.

When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.

Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

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