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.

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

The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

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

Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.

To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.