The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.

It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.

The raven hatches its young; the fish spew forth their eggs; the slim-waisted wasp transforms, and when a younger brother comes along the elder brother weeps. For too long I have not been able to work in harmony with these changes. So, given that I did not play my part in harmony with others, how could I expect to change people?

You are still guided by your expectations.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?

To have attained to the human form is a source of joy... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.