Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complete each other. Long and short define each other.
See the world as yourself. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as yourself; then you can care for all things.
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
The sensation of 'I' is not in fact separate from the experience of 'now'.
Light cannot exist without darkness, nor solid without space. They go together like crest and trough of a wave.
You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
Those who follow the Tao are of one with the Tao. Those who follow virtue are of one with virtue.
Love is the pursuit of whole, the longing to be restored to that original unity from which we fell.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so all paths lead to Thee.
The law of love governs the world as the law of gravitation governs matter.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.
Live in peace with yourself, and you live in peace with all.
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
The true yogi is one who sees the Divine in every creature.
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