The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.

What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Excellent soldiers are not furious.

Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.