What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening.

The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.

Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility.

People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.