Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.

Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.