There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved. If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it. There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous, a time for being exhausted; a time for being safe, a time for being in danger. The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle.

The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.