Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.

When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.

Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.

Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.

The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.