Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.

It is hidden but always present.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.