The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the student offering himself to the teacher, or the teacher offering herself to the student. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.

The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.