Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.

A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

Appetite for food and sex is nature.

Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.

Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.