I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.

When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.