Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

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 know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.

I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.

If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.

To be worn out is to be renewed.