The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.

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.

The perfect square lacks corners.

Meet the difficult while it is easy.

The real is empty and the empty real

When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.