“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”

“Close your mouth,block off your senses,blunt your sharpness,untie your knots,soften your glare,settle your dust.This is the primal identity.”

“If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”

“Your inner being guard, and keep it free.”

“When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe.”

“An over sharpened sword cannot last long. ”

“We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others.”