Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.

The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.