The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.

Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

There is no illusion great than fear.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.