“Thus it is said:The path into the light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak,true purity seems tarnished,true steadfastness seems changeable,true clarity seems obscure,the greatest are seems unsophisticated,the greatest love seems indifferent,the greatest wisdom seems childish.The Tao is nowhere to be found.Yet it nourishes and completes all things.”
“Thus it is said:The path into light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak...the greatest love seems indifferent,the greatest wisdom seems childish.”
“The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long.”
“In the jungle of ideas, it is hard to find the true direction! The paths of the wrong ideas often seem to be very alluring!”
“True perfection seems imperfect,yet it is perfectly itself.True fullness seems empty,yet it is fully present.True straightness seems crooked.True wisdom seems foolish.True art seems artless.”
“Nothing seems true that cannot also seem false.”