Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.

The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it

If you would take, you must first give.

The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.

We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.