A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.

It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear.