The Portal of God is nonexistence. All things sprang from nonexistence. Existence could not make existence existence. It must have proceeded from nonexistence, and nonexistence and nothing are one. Herein is the abiding place of the sage.

Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?

Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. How do I know that love of life is not a delusion after all? How do I know that he who dreads to die is as a child who has lost the way and cannot find his way home? How do I know that the dead repent of having previously clung to life?

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

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.

The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.

The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong.