Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy

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

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.

The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets - He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting- And the need to win drains him of power.