A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.

She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain, because she has found peace in her heart. Music or the smell of good cooking may make people stop and enjoy. But words that point to the Tao seem monotonous and without flavor. When you look for it, there is nothing to see. When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear. When you use it, it is inexhaustible.

The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.

Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

The highest benevolence acts without purpose.