I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.

The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.