[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.

A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

When you are sick of your sickness you will cease to be sick.

Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.