The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

To be worn out is to be renewed.

The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady; The Spirit by unity has become spiritual; The Valley by unity has become full; All things by unity have come into existence.

The best way to carve is not to split.