Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.

If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.

The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

There is no greater crime than desire.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.