The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.

The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.