A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.

He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.

By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind.

The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

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

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.

The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and refuse to let them out. They did not shut away their wisdom and refuse to share it. But those times were all haywire. If it had been possible for them to act, they could have done great things, bringing all to Oneness without any sign of doing so. However, the times were not favorable and it was not possible, so they put down deep roots, remained still and waited. this was the Tao by which they survived.