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

If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and crafty. When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results. Try to make people happy, and you lay the groundwork for misery. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice. Thus the Master is content to serve as an example and not to impose her will. She is pointed, but doesn't pierce. Straightforward, but supple. Radiant, but easy on the eyes.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.

Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.

The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.

True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.