The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

To lead, one must follow.

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

Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.