Prepare while it's easy.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.

The greatest revelation is stillness.