When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

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.

Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

Nature does not have to insist.

The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.