The Tao that can be told is not the Eternal Tao
The name that can be named is not the Eternal Name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.
(Tao Te Ching 1)


The world is sacred.
It cannot be improved.
If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.
If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.
There is a time for being ahead,
A time for being behind;
A time for being in motion,
A time for being at rest;
(Tao Te Ching 29)


Therefore the sage takes care of all men
And abandons no one.
He takes care of all things
And abandons nothing.
This is called "following the light."
What is a good man?
A teacher of a bad man.
What is a bad man?
A good man's charge. (Tao Te Ching 27)


There is no greater sin than desire,
No greater curse than discontent,
No greater misfortune than wanting
Something for oneself.
Therefore he who knows that enough
is enough
Will always have enough.
(Tao Te Ching 46)


The softest thing in the universe
Overcomes the hardest thing in the universe.
That without substance can enter
where there is no room.
Hence I know the value of non-action
Practice non-action.
Work without doing.
Taste the tasteless.
Magnify the small, increase the few.
Reward bitterness with care.
(Tao Te Ching 43)

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. With an open mind, you will be openhearted. Being openhearted, you will act royally. Being royal, you will attain the divine. Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao. Being at one with the Tao is eternal. And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away. (Tao Te Ching, 16)