Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding.

The natural laws of the universe are inviolable... what you say and do determines what happens in your life... You are the master of your life and death. What you do is what you are.

The world may be known Without leaving the house.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.