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

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.

Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.

When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.