The master understands that the universe is forever out of control
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
The brittle is easy to shatter.
Excellent conquerors do not engage.
When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.
The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.