The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong.

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?

Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.

'I shall have heaven and earth for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade, the stars and constellations for my pearls and jewels; and all things assisting as the mourners. Will not the provisions for my funeral be complete? What could you add to them?'

Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.