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.

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

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

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.

If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all the things you want, the body can still be uncared for

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.