Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.

Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.

Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful.

. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.

Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.

The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.

A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.