"To a man who understands, a thing is just a thing. To a man who does not understand, a thing is either this or that."

"I have heaven and earth for my outer and inner coffin, the sun and moon for my pair of jade discs, the stars for my pearls, the myriad creatures for my farewell presents. Is anything missing from my f…"

"The sage holds to the original, and the original holds to nothing."

"Life is the companion of death, and death is the beginning of life. Who knows their cycles? Life's transformation to death, and death's transformation to life are like the changing of the seasons."

"To forget the world is to be a true wanderer."