Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.
Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.