Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.

Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.

Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion.

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.