There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It could be the mother of everything. Not knowing its name, I call it Tao.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.

Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. . . . If we remain obsessed with seeds and eggs, we are married to the fertile reproductive valley of the Mysterious Mother but not to her immeasurable heart and all-knowing mind.

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.