The most straight seems curved.

It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be.

The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.

The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.

The sage acts by doing nothing.

There is no illusion great than fear.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.