Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.
The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
A good wanderer leaves no trace.
Life is going forth; death is returning home.
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.