If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.

The fish trap exists because of the fish: once you have gotten the meanings, you can forget the words.

When I talk about having good hearing, I don't mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don't mean just looking, but looking at yourself.

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.

If we look on heaven and earth as a single crucible, and on the creator as the founder, would there be any place I could not go? When it is time, I will fall asleep, and when the right time comes, I will wake up again.

Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.