Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.

Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?

The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.

What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.

Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear. Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. ... The Tao is clear and simple, and it doesn't avoid the world.