Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.
Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
Conduct your triumph as a funeral.
The master understands that the universe is forever out of control
Returning is the movement of the Way.