Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.

The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.

I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.

An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament, the hands begin to shake. If it is changed to gold, he or she squints as if going blind. The abilities do not deteriorate, but belief in them does, as he or she allows the supposed value of an external reward to cloud the vision.

It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.

There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.

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