To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.

The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it

Whatever the clouds plan to do I always trust in the sun which never fails to come out

The car doesn’t so much drive as float above the road, like we’re making our way to Sydney in a hovercraft.

Bury My Heart is "a life-altering approach to turning managers into unconditionally committed leaders.

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.

An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

I have so much of you in my heart.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.