When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.

Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.

ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.