Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study what ordinary people do to find happiness, what they struggle for, rushing about apparently unable to stop.

The hundred parts of the body are all complete in their places. Which should one prefer? Do you like them all equally? Are they all servants? Are they unable to control one another and need a ruler? Or do they become rulers and servants in turn? Is there any true ruler other than themselves?

Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.

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.

Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg.

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?