The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.