Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.

Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.

The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.

Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.