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

The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.

The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

Before healing others, heal yourself

That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.