Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.

Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.