You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.

Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

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

In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.

We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life.