Taoism

To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as course, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent – herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients. - Chuang Tzu

Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution. - Lao Tzu

Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. - Lao Tzu

Good and evil are typified by light and darkness; therefore, if we bring light into a dark room, the darkness disappears, and inasmuch as a soul is filled with good, evil disappears. - Aurelia Mace

Harmony with the universe and floating on the gentle wind will be your true pleasures. - Shui-ch'ing Tzu

The gate that gives me life is the gate that gives me death. Only a few understand this intuitively. - Shui-ch'ing Tzu