Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.

The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak.

Paraphrased: When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. However some disciples expressed concern that given a particular arrangement, birds and kites would eat his remains. Chuang Tzu replied, "Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites, below it by ants and worms. What do you have against birds?

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

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.