Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

Not praising the deserving prevents envy.

A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?