A person fully unified with heaven and spontaneously one with the creation of all will never be harmed, however difficult life’s situations may be.

Do not try to develop what is natural to man, develop what is natural to heaven.

Regard all things of the world as equal, understand that life and death are cyclical and ultimately the same.

When we see the world through the lens of desire, reality becomes fractured into what we want and what we do not want.

Think about what happens when we think that we must do something to achieve or possess something else […] the intolerance of what is not leads to unhappiness

If we try to complicate our lives, developing clever plans and ambitions, we lose sight of the way in which small, insignificant things actually hold the key to what we seek.

The Tao Te Ching itself provides an example of wu-wei […] a philosophy that embodies its own message.

Taoism is unique among the major schools of Chinese thought in emphasizing the priority of the feminine principle (yin) over the masculine principle (yang).

The sage […] realizes that things arise of their own accord, and not as the result of her own coercion or anxious striving […] so she does not feel any sense of ownership over the result of her actions.

Get rid of 'holiness' and abandon 'wisdom' - the people will benefit a hundredfold.

One who desires victory over others perpetuates a cycle of resistance and violence that only decrease one’s likelihood of survival.

Confucianism is primarily concerned with rites or propriety, a body of rules governing action in virtually every area of life.

Apprehend the very essence of lust,
Identify it as your creative vision of the deity,
Meditate upon lustful mind as Divine Being.

Uniting with space, your consort's secret mandala,
Pure pleasure exciting your nerve centers,
Your aggression was assuaged and loving kindness was born.

Apprehend the very essence of joy,
Experience pleasure as mahamudra.
Experience pure pleasure as Supreme Joy.

Virtue is the manifestation of the Way. The way is what Virtue contains. Without the Way, Virtue would have no power. Without Virtue, the Way would have no appearance.

My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots.

All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe.

Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.

Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art.