Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.

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

When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

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.

All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?