Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection.

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still.

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day.

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance.

Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.