So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.

Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.

A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.

People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.

Treat the large as the small and the few as the many.