Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things

You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.

When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.

There are many ways of understanding simple things, but generally the opposite is true for difficult ideas

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day.