We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful.

The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.

Behave simply and hold on to purity.

When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world. Without looking out your window, you can see the essence of the Tao. The more you know, the less you understand. The Master arrives without leaving, sees the light without looking, achieves without doing a thing.

Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.