Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious. Bound, rigid, and trapped, you cannot experience liberation.