"Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Distortion upon distortion: . . . the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.”

“A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.”

“Who can rest until the moment of action?”

“You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.”

“The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.”

“Very few men can speak of Nature, for instance, with any truth. They overstep her modesty, somehow or other, and confer no favor.They do not speak a good word for her. Most cry better than they speak, and you can get more nature out of them by pinching than by addressing them. The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature. Better that the primrose by the river's brim be a yellow primrose, and nothing more, than that it be something less.”

“Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.”

“A good runner leaves no footprints.”

“The purpose of life is to be happy. I don't think it's any more complicated than that. It's also important not to interfere with anybody else's right to do the same. We just need to practice that. It's the Golden Rule.”