To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent - herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients.

A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.

Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.

All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.

The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.

To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.

If we look on heaven and earth as a single crucible, and on the creator as the founder, would there be any place I could not go? When it is time, I will fall asleep, and when the right time comes, I will wake up again.