Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile.

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.

Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.

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.

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

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.