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

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

What's the difference between yes and no?

To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.