Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.

Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.

Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love of perfumes fills the head with dizziness. Love of flavors ruins the taste. Desires unsettle the heart until the original nature runs amok. These five are enemies of true life. Yet these are what men of discernment claim to live for. They are not what I live for. If this is life, then pigeons in a cage have found happiness!

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

Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all that is and dwell in the infinite. Wander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty, that is all.

If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all the things you want, the body can still be uncared for

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.