Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear. Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. ... The Tao is clear and simple, and it doesn't avoid the world.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

Holding on to the weak is called strength.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.