Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?
When you are at one with the Tao, you will live long and your life will be exempt from decay.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
To love is to recognize yourself in another.
Your highest duty is to realize your oneness with the Divine.
The river that flows in you also flows in me. Look within: you will see the light shining in every breath.
Look upon all beings as yourself; when you harm another, you are plunging a dagger into your own chest.
Do today what you would do tomorrow; do now what you would do today. If the moment is lost, when will the task be done?
The sun does not ask for payment to illuminate the earth; love freely without demanding gratitude or praise.
The wise traveler carries only what is necessary; unburden your mind of resentments and travel light.
The sage leans on the sun and moon, tucks the universe under his arm, and merges with the seamless whole.
When you look upon all beings with the eyes of the Dao, there is neither high nor low, neither precious nor vile.
The greatest secret of life is that the Beloved was never absent for even a single breath.
Without trees, we cannot make paper. So the cloud and the paper inter-are.
The Earth is not outside of us; we are the Earth walking upon herself.
Touch peace in yourself, and you will touch peace in the entire universe.
Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul.
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