"The true man of Tao is like an empty boat: he floats where the wind takes him, and he does not contend with the current."

"Do not be an embodier of fame; do not be a storehouse of schemes."

"A duck’s legs are short, but if we try to lengthen them, the duck will feel pain."

"The sage has no form, no body, no self. He is like empty space."

"A man is not a horse, and a horse is not a man. Why bother to distinguish?"