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

The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.

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

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.