Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.

A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is akin to Tao. . . . In all the earth nothing weaker than water, Yet in attacking the hard, nothing superior, Nothing so certain in wearing down strength: There is no way to resist it. Note then: The weak conquer the strong, The yielding outlast the aggressors.

If you really want everything, then give up everything.

When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.