Man may rest in the eternal fitness; he may abide in the everlasting; and roam from the beginning to the end of all creation. He may bring his nature to a condition of ONE, he may nourish his strength; he may harmonise his virtue, and so put himself into partnership with God.

Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.

If there is existence, there must be non-existence. And if there was a time when nothing existed, there must have been a time before that - when even nothing did not exist. Suddenly, when nothing came into existence, could one really say whether it belonged to the category of existence or non-existence?

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

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

There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing.

...the ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.