Nature doesn't make long speeches.

He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince.

Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

The wise man knows he doesn't know.

Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.

Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.