When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self... Prisoners in the world of object, they have no choice but to submit to the demands of matter! They are pressed down and crushed by external forces: fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind!... What a pity!

When there is no more separation between 'this' and 'that,' it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.

Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.

When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.

Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality!