Chapter 5

The Tao doesn’t take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The master doesn’t take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. […]

Chapter 4

The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities. It is hidden but always present. I don’t know who gave birth to it. It is older than God. It is never used up. – There’s always more ways to be patient, more ways […]