I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.

Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

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.

They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.

A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?