When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.

The farther you go, the less you know.

A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.

If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.