Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.

Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.

Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.