The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.