Be content with an ordinary life.

The real is empty and the empty real

On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.

Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.